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Date:      Sat, 16 Dec 2017 15:28:49 +0100
From:      Thierry Thomas <thierry@FreeBSD.org>
To:        freebsd-ports@freebsd.org, "ports@freebsd.org" <ports@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Option vs. flavor?
Message-ID:  <20171216142849.GL10752@graf.pompo.net>
In-Reply-To: <ee10fa7f-9107-1c35-8540-ff34d306865d@rawbw.com>
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Le sam. 16 d=E9c. 17 =E0  2:38:51 +0100, Yuri <yuri@rawbw.com>
 =E9crivait=A0:

> One port is small by itself, but it semi-optionally requires 4.5GB of=20
> static data installed.
>=20
> It is possible to download this data optionally, conditional on the port=
=20
> option DATA_FILES which will be "off" by default, so that the users who=
=20
> need the data will install it with DATA_FILES=3Don.
>=20
> Alternatively, it is possible to create a flavor, something like @withDat=
a.
>=20
>=20
> Should the option be preferred, or should the flavor be preferred?

I'd say that this is a case for sub-packages.
--=20
Th. Thomas.

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