From owner-freebsd-gnome@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Nov 2 20:20:38 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 86F7616A4CE; Sun, 2 Nov 2003 20:20:38 -0800 (PST) Received: from linda-3.paradise.net.nz (bm-3a.paradise.net.nz [202.0.58.22]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1CEE243FD7; Sun, 2 Nov 2003 20:20:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from james@pole.net.nz) Received: from smtp-2.paradise.net.nz (smtp-2b.paradise.net.nz [202.0.32.211]) by linda-3.paradise.net.nz (Paradise.net.nz) with ESMTP id <0HNR009Z5DDV2W@linda-3.paradise.net.nz>; Mon, 03 Nov 2003 17:20:20 +1300 (NZDT) Received: from [210.246.6.176] (210-246-6-176.paradise.net.nz [210.246.6.176]) by smtp-2.paradise.net.nz (Postfix) with ESMTP id 093379E20A; Mon, 03 Nov 2003 17:20:18 +1300 (NZDT) Date: Mon, 03 Nov 2003 17:20:33 +1300 From: James Pole In-reply-to: <200311021927.hA2JRIt2074978@freefall.freebsd.org> To: Joe Marcus Clarke Message-id: <1067833233.258.10.camel@localhost> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.5 Content-type: text/plain Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit References: <200311021927.hA2JRIt2074978@freefall.freebsd.org> cc: gnome@FreeBSD.org cc: rehsack@liwing.de Subject: Re: ports/58840: [PATCH] exclude possibly unrequired dependenciesfrom x11/gnome2 X-BeenThere: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: GNOME for FreeBSD -- porting and maintaining List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 03 Nov 2003 04:20:38 -0000 On Mon, 2003-11-03 at 08:27, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: > The list of ports included in the gnome2 meta-port is not arbitrary. It is > set by the GNOME release team. Therefore, I am hesitant to change the > meta-port. Sure, these configurable ports are still installed by default, > but where does the customization end? I recommend you create your own > meta-port for gnome2, and stick it in /usr/ports/x11 (I use gnome2-marcus). > Then, you can track that port, and add to it only the components you want. > In general, you will only have to worry about updating it when major GNOME > releases come out (twice a year). Wouldn't it be better to just have gnome2 install everthing by deafult and include a WITHOUT_${SOMETHING} option for applications that not *everyone* is likely to use such as accessbily ooptions and certain other applications. This means that anyone can just set WITHOUT_ options in their /etc/make.conf -- which is a lot easier than making your own Makefile. This idea seems to be a good comprimise from my point of view. Packages and lazy people will still be able to install the entire GNOME desktop from the default packages/ports while other people can just add a few lines to their /etc/make.conf to create their own custom desktop. Any comments? - James