Date: Sat, 08 Jan 2000 23:12:01 -0500 (EST) From: Will Andrews <andrews@TECHNOLOGIST.COM> To: ports@FreeBSD.org Cc: reg@FreeBSD.org Subject: Issues with plugins Message-ID: <XFMail.000108231201.andrews@TECHNOLOGIST.COM>
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-ports,
Recently, it seems a deluge of programs have various "plugins" that add
(or, in some cases, provide the) functionality to the program. Examples would
include Apache (although that's been around for ages), KMySQL (which both
myself and Chris D. Faulhaber have been trying to port), and Gecco (which I
just noticed on Freshmeat), plus a gazillion others I've not thought of.
What I'd like to try to do with this (potential) thread is to deliberate a
general way of accomodating programs that run plugins. Ideas include:
o Having one port that covers the primary program, and having separate
ports for each plugin.
o Having a dialog/configure script that allows easy selecting from
plugins
I would really prefer some easier method. I have heard that Jeremy Lea
(reg@FreeBSD.org) is writing an OPTIONAL_DEPENDS or something similar for the
purpose of allowing people to decide to use X, Y, or Z with a certain port. Is
this true?
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Will Andrews <andrews@technologist.com>
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