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Date:      Mon, 03 Dec 2007 22:03:50 -0500
From:      "Aryeh M. Friedman" <aryeh.friedman@gmail.com>
To:        Jeremy Messenger <mezz7@cox.net>
Cc:        RW <fbsd06@mlists.homeunix.com>, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: [RFC/P] Port System Re-Engineering
Message-ID:  <4754C396.3060007@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <op.t2sivct29aq2h7@mezz.mezzweb.com>
References:  <BDFE616B01457E0B71D9FD2F@utd59514.utdallas.edu> <47547FEE.9040405@gmail.com> <CF7CA160EBCB18FB5A6E7ECB@utd59514.utdallas.edu> <475489E4.2050704@gmail.com> <20071204014805.24d2f25f@gumby.homeunix.com.> <bef9a7920712031823l6692a0b8s4dfba7096339388e@mail.gmail.com> <op.t2sivct29aq2h7@mezz.mezzweb.com>

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Jeremy Messenger wrote:
> On Mon, 03 Dec 2007 20:23:20 -0600, Aryeh Friedman
> <aryeh.friedman@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>>
>>>
>>> Having said that dependencies often do depend on the order the leaves
>>> are installed, because some ports will use alternate dependencies
>>> according to what's already there. It makes things a lot easier to
>>> maintain.
>>> _______________________________________________
>>
>> btw xdm is not the worst offender for example if you install abiword
>> after installing gnome it will not start but if you install it before
>> hand then install gnome no issue
>
> Have you report this to gnome@FreeBSD.org yet? The abiword port will
> enable with GNOME option by default if GNOME exists in system, but
> you can avoid that by use WITHOUT_GNOME=yes. You want to rewrite
> ports system because of this?
>

It was one of several examples... jesus how I wish I could post some
of the private replies I got so people could see the amount of
frustration out there with the current system but that would color
other replies so I will wait until I don't get any new survey replies
for 24 hrs then I will post a summary and verbatum the ones the
orginal authors let me do this with.


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Aryeh M. Friedman
FloSoft Systems
Developer, not business, friendly
http://www.flosoft-systems.com
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