Date: Sun, 09 Oct 2016 13:34:46 -0300 From: Joseph Mingrone <jrm@FreeBSD.org> To: Fernando Herrero =?utf-8?Q?Carr=C3=B3n?= <elferdo@gmail.com> Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: math/R slave ports and shared library Message-ID: <86int1scpl.fsf@phe.ftfl.ca> References: <864m4skef6.fsf@phe.ftfl.ca> <CAMwkeZz6ATJyEfUBi0i-2%2BYj=PHG=1=0kccB2bwh-vVCnHi5AQ@mail.gmail.com>
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--=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Fernando Herrero Carr=C3=B3n <elferdo@gmail.com> writes: > All in all, I don't see much use for a standalone libRmath, but it cannot > be excluded. The truth being told, I would expect newer scientific softwa= re > coming from python+scipy+numpy rather than from R embedded in C/C++. Given that 1) the port has been marked broken for so long and 2) only you r= esponded to the last call for deletion back in July with a similar response= , I'm feeling more comfortable about removing math/libRmath. > math/libR > I have done some little benchmarking myself with and without dynamic libR > and have not seen any noticeable differences in performance (though I have > left it off to be safe), but don't take this as conclusive, more testing > should be done. Packages certainly do need to be rebuilt after switching > from dynamic libR to static. I can't tell what happens the other way > around. Ports-installed packages could be automatically recompiled, but > recompiling user-installed packages is a different story. > I think having two separate installations, whose packages would be mutual= ly > exclusive is too dangerous and too easy for the user to mess up. I can > perform some more extensive benchmarks and see if having it enabled by > default really hurts. The same applies for math/libR. For now, users who don't want the shared l= ibrary can easily build their own port. Thanks for your input Fernando, Joseph --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQJ8BAEBCgBmBQJX+nGmXxSAAAAAAC4AKGlzc3Vlci1mcHJAbm90YXRpb25zLm9w ZW5wZ3AuZmlmdGhob3JzZW1hbi5uZXQ1NUIwOTNBNzI2QzM4ODU1NzEyMkJBRDUz NkE0MEM4M0IwRDZFRjlFAAoJEDakDIOw1u+euwIQAKkavbKYSKUgkL6aOt0k/B7E SPcbBsazXL9/XRrLZY+6orJxKUZqMZKGfXV+/0ozUrEdMv8N9V0CAYGLxCrUih9p fvQk1kOgJy567gZOTfvQoMkEYy29sCSj4YfpkvEc8siT+ZubYGkam5m0BRyPD2VE YFCRfnA9XbCscI4Hqhz9JIxFjRITHPwa0XjUXQDYxrNjV/yVhvZ4H5DhEAOhaTgt mS128Qs882TLP79a73MrEo4Y5GZRR6SKqhLjeammbS24ui+FNxClyMUVz9McdcvQ cuL+aG38hk4+g7R4+VrOmiVDSKbQfg2PMOwRzZ69yFU4VGQA8ArEDIcaPV37tbsd mWajq6u4rMdY0trjKynFDVbJPvrBVEDtFbRBBOQvXlvfWd67dRbrVJUpEuvxmqQ/ tA5hb9DyFXvFmEBuIlGmTrQIsw4W//qIaEDS8ebHChTD6jdqgmDzPwC/yKIRjHnv JPo0HYSoSroT6nfNCOKKG8WRmo0MockhG9nXpRTKQRkU2FE3cmmduhU+LbYC+kwv Hbv+VqM1HUe96FXPC3LrMgLfLIugCGvn/7510WivSDkVcjOZ8x32UYMjSftj72Ky hHlenOnWU159UpAwch2Wx5AMGBYptfhzFb2dXbm+q4EGhmJMe9kDnD4HT3aJ+Zx5 SgSysI44XOQG73pZHPFn =mQMV -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=--
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