Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2012 10:46:33 +0200 From: Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@FreeBSD.org> To: Andrea Venturoli <ml@netfence.it> Cc: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Port system "problems" Message-ID: <20120626084633.GK41054@ithaqua.etoilebsd.net> In-Reply-To: <4FE97008.2060501@netfence.it> References: <4FE8E4A4.9070507@gmail.com> <20120626065732.GH41054@ithaqua.etoilebsd.net> <20120626092645.Horde.HytQbVNNcXdP6WQ1aMtjoMA@webmail.df.eu> <4FE96BA0.6040005@infracaninophile.co.uk> <4FE97008.2060501@netfence.it>
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--d6d1KVhp94hk3Jrm Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 10:17:12AM +0200, Andrea Venturoli wrote: > On 06/26/12 09:58, Matthew Seaman wrote: > > On 26/06/2012 08:26, Marcus von Appen wrote: > >>>> 1. Ports are not modular > > > >>> What do you mean by modular? if you are speaking about subpackages it > >>> is coming, > >>> but it takes time > > > >> I hope, we are not talking about some Debian-like approach here (foo-b= in, > >> foo-dev, foo-doc, ....). > > > > Actually, yes -- that's pretty much exactly what we're talking about > > here. Why do you feel subpackages would be a bad thing? >=20 > Can I share my 2c? >=20 > Because it will just multiply be three the number of ports each of us=20 > has to install/maintain/upgrade/etc... >=20 Not at all for a maintainer it will be the same has having multiple options, because it will remain 1 port -> N packages Most of the time the ports are already splitted in slave ports (samba, *sql= *, ldap etc), having them in a single port will simplify life of lots of maintainers, and simplify the port code regards, Bapt --d6d1KVhp94hk3Jrm Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAk/pdukACgkQ8kTtMUmk6EwR8QCfUQqcvSx4XYoAhcmqyM3zNkik JccAn1wA5UhiAVdcueXTI5+Po7IEDzly =NycL -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --d6d1KVhp94hk3Jrm--
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