Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2005 14:17:37 -0600 From: "Jeremy Messenger" <mezz7@cox.net> To: "Chuck Robey" <chuckr@chuckr.org> Cc: FreeBSD-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: complaint Message-ID: <opsno3znxl9aq2h7@mezz.mezzweb.com> In-Reply-To: <20050315145741.H84655@april.chuckr.org> References: <20050315145741.H84655@april.chuckr.org>
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On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 15:05:25 -0500 (EST), Chuck Robey <chuckr@chuckr.org> wrote: > I have not complained aobout this for some years now, although it's > really > and truly been a thorn in my side ... but I thought, well, I am probably > OK to complain once per decade. Here is my bitch: > > Refers to ports that include the kitchen sink, and DON'T do it as > options. > The one that caused me to really bitch this time is gnome, and it's the > printing option, but it's the same with KDE: they both FORCE you to > install CUPS, which I abhor, and have the most horrible time with. I > personally am in love with Andreas' fantastic port print/apsfilter, and I > just can't see why it's necessary to force folks to install this port. > In > my own opinion, one line in the pkg-descr that infomed about a > gnome-print > port wouild have been a whole lot better. Add 'WITHOUT_CUPS=yes' w/out quote in your make.conf. I have GNOME installed in my system and I don't even have any of CUPS installed. As for KDE, I have no idea if it has option but if it has then it should be same knob. If you are talking about other than build/install, but itself apps that don't provide any option then please contract to the developers. We are just a packager. > It's quite the same for audio, or many other apps. Everyone seems to > have > this built in need to have their port be the biggest, like they're on > piece vs. time pay or something, I dunno. > > It would not be hard, not be difficult, to fix things, and this would > REALLY improve our ports. > > OK, I don't require folks agree with me, just that they listen, and I > have > herewith had my once-per-decade rant. Back to being an occaisonal pita. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Chuck Robey | Interests include C & Java programming, FreeBSD, > chuckr@chuckr.org | electronics, communications, and SF/Fantasy. > > New Year's Resolution: I will not sphroxify gullible people into > looking up > fictitious words in the dictionary (on the wall at my old fraternity, > Signa Phi Nothing). > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- mezz7@cox.net - mezz@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD GNOME Team http://www.FreeBSD.org/gnome/ - gnome@FreeBSD.org
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