Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2017 22:50:58 +0100 From: Mathieu Arnold <mat@FreeBSD.org> To: Adam Weinberger <adamw@adamw.org>, Yuri <yuri@rawbw.com> Cc: "ports@freebsd.org" <ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Option vs. flavor? Message-ID: <8d13e1fd-bcba-d907-8737-ec8084c76014@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <0CE3611A-F100-4443-93B4-68A0A83F162B@adamw.org> References: <ee10fa7f-9107-1c35-8540-ff34d306865d@rawbw.com> <FC78B364-3688-40D0-83D8-24025201B683@adamw.org> <c1317132-0850-d033-49bb-f40258ddb6e5@rawbw.com> <0CE3611A-F100-4443-93B4-68A0A83F162B@adamw.org>
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This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 4880 and 3156) --0BPRersiE6PHBBfuujfsiCrSOwKxfJIxg Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="O1eV2NJnbW30aD2GGJtHavKiQ22SffOWD"; protected-headers="v1" From: Mathieu Arnold <mat@FreeBSD.org> To: Adam Weinberger <adamw@adamw.org>, Yuri <yuri@rawbw.com> Cc: "ports@freebsd.org" <ports@freebsd.org> Message-ID: <8d13e1fd-bcba-d907-8737-ec8084c76014@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: Option vs. flavor? References: <ee10fa7f-9107-1c35-8540-ff34d306865d@rawbw.com> <FC78B364-3688-40D0-83D8-24025201B683@adamw.org> <c1317132-0850-d033-49bb-f40258ddb6e5@rawbw.com> <0CE3611A-F100-4443-93B4-68A0A83F162B@adamw.org> In-Reply-To: <0CE3611A-F100-4443-93B4-68A0A83F162B@adamw.org> --O1eV2NJnbW30aD2GGJtHavKiQ22SffOWD Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Language: fr Le 17/12/2017 =C3=A0 15:32, Adam Weinberger a =C3=A9crit=C2=A0: >> On 17 Dec, 2017, at 1:48, Yuri <yuri@rawbw.com> wrote: >> >> On 12/16/17 22:06, Adam Weinberger wrote: >>> Is the port of any use without the data file? If everybody who uses >>> the port needs the data file, I wouldn't make it an option at all. >>> The precedent is that ports with huge data files are marked >>> NO_PACKAGE, so there's no impact on the package builders. Make it >>> non-optional, mark it as NO_PACKAGE, and then the port works for all >>> users. >>> >>> If, however, the port IS real-world usable without the data files, >>> I'd turn the data file into a second port. That way, package people >>> can very easily install the NO_BUILD slave and still install the >>> main program by pkg. >> >> >> Hi Adam, >> >> >> It is usable without data. Portions of the data are recommended to be >> downloaded into the specific directory for particular functions. Of >> course, it's more convenient to just a have all of it installed, and >> users will need all of it for all functions. >> >> This is the large physics package called Geant4 for simulation of the >> passage of particles through matter. https://reviews.freebsd.org/D1350= 4 > > Ah okay. Then I'd say, make a slave port that just > fetches/extracts/installs the data files, and an option in the Geant4 > master port that defaults to off. Set the slave port to NO_PACKAGE. I do not really see any reason to set NO_PACKAGE. There already are big packages in our repositories: -rw-r--r--=C2=A0 2 root=C2=A0 wheel=C2=A0=C2=A0 1,0G 10 d=C3=A9c.=C2=A0 0= 5:49 ufoai-data-2.5.txz -rw-r--r--=C2=A0 2 root=C2=A0 wheel=C2=A0=C2=A0 1,1G 14 d=C3=A9c.=C2=A0 1= 0:06 texlive-docs-20150523.txz -rw-r--r--=C2=A0 2 root=C2=A0 wheel=C2=A0=C2=A0 1,3G 10 d=C3=A9c.=C2=A0 1= 5:30 flightgear-data-2017.3.1.txz -rw-r--r--=C2=A0 2 root=C2=A0 wheel=C2=A0=C2=A0 1,5G 14 d=C3=A9c.=C2=A0 2= 0:24 diaspora-1.1.1_1.txz -rw-r--r--=C2=A0 2 root=C2=A0 wheel=C2=A0=C2=A0 1,7G 10 d=C3=A9c.=C2=A0 0= 5:20 urbanterror-data-4.2.023.txz --=20 Mathieu Arnold --O1eV2NJnbW30aD2GGJtHavKiQ22SffOWD-- --0BPRersiE6PHBBfuujfsiCrSOwKxfJIxg Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQJ8BAEBCgBmBQJaODhEXxSAAAAAAC4AKGlzc3Vlci1mcHJAbm90YXRpb25zLm9w ZW5wZ3AuZmlmdGhob3JzZW1hbi5uZXQzQUI2OTc4OUQyRUQxMjEwNjQ0MEJBNUIz QTQ1MTZGMzUxODNDRTQ4AAoJEDpFFvNRg85Ia0IP/iLfFmUpBzPNhlqdqkIHMp6q zYvBHLp/YbQiyx/HMaRDrZ8OvE07bIOgWB2BWVzrqAzmrRZUPWWW5oCvlsqSskBs Z36UvrtA394uizlb5qeq0xqxY/VfbNIuuyfbYAanF9ZPa3o51Br+TY14YAmpSkQJ udDp7TWXuWqWpjOCoTkFpZ2DhQNhBSf73ijCmgWaZwLPySzH5H+g15kDT+HYBVE5 NafSIo+yKy9FC3ChU20zcUJC4qwyeGAWnTnHp/5YnhpmcEqUxT+yHjptFczyvGD6 /VIPts0BHdzXVpJN5oTIi5k3iXDUrSoRmtvNIUHqdWd5QEJozoFPjZHdseB5KT5S bdq4V0ks9quTLRAPIAjeaBiLDsE01ovwHBaDQjyL/n/e+A2LLQPvn+oGiC+F2dhE PuwEpiT/OVGl42TLofpX2p++IuQE4VodzQlq44pncSQHHMaLRLuT91TZJGnCk9SD LdjdUOxXOkQwueP8CRr1bBj1fAMQ0VI2Hpr9WtuZl1Dl6Cd+tbJj4Qiyy3xYBD3G Ojs0GdIDLfzuw7TIa8FsqDNKATsmAf+NbL+y6c6dOGxJJdc5nEodKa3U9BFt4DiF DaZ/oAlt00gzjJhZzUrS71hs3ROmNfv/aQ3girFX/xRviuEqdVtlwhkztlqjBYOj uD7eRPjQJCZtmrKhdP5T =sgoR -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --0BPRersiE6PHBBfuujfsiCrSOwKxfJIxg--
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