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Date:      Sat, 16 Oct 2004 23:02:14 +1000
From:      Edwin Groothuis <edwin@mavetju.org>
To:        Michael Nottebrock <michaelnottebrock@gmx.net>, Gary Jennejohn <garyj@jennejohn.org>, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: alternative options for ports
Message-ID:  <20041016130214.GK10363@k7.mavetju>
In-Reply-To: <20041016121159.GA41657@falcon.midgard.homeip.net>
References:  <michaelnottebrock@gmx.net> <200410152156.16113.michaelnottebrock@gmx.net> <20041016015034.GA92507@falcon.midgard.homeip.net> <200410161331.01356.michaelnottebrock@gmx.net> <20041016121159.GA41657@falcon.midgard.homeip.net>

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On Sat, Oct 16, 2004 at 02:11:59PM +0200, Erik Trulsson wrote:
> Although mplayer is a somewhat extreme example there are many other
> ports that also have several independent options, and would also
> require a large number of slave-ports to cover all configurations.

PHP with all its extensions has resolved it nicely.

Now if all software could be so modular everything would be sweet.

Edwin

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