Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2002 18:04:49 +0300 From: Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.org> To: Boris Popov <bp@butya.kz> Cc: Alexander Nedotsukov <bland@mail.ru>, freebsd-ports <freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG>, ache <ache@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: BSDL iconv take-over Message-ID: <3CB6F791.F265F9D@FreeBSD.org> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0204121854390.68702-100000@lion.butya.kz>
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Boris Popov wrote: > > On Tue, 9 Apr 2002, Maxim Sobolev wrote: > > > Nice to hear that the progress goes on. I would also propose to merge > > all iconv-xxx packages into one iconv package, because such separation > > actually makes very little sense. > > Actually, package separation makes sense in terms of package size > and occupied disk space. I think it is still good idea to allow users to > select groups of required encodings. The problem is that the luser has no reliable way to specify which encodings he may need. Therefore it is much easier to have all possible encodings in one package. Package size bloat and disk space waste isn't that big - 750KB and 890KB correspondingly. -Maxim To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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