Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 07:48:46 +0200 From: Michael Nottebrock <michaelnottebrock@gmx.net> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Cc: Bob Melson <melsonr@earthlink.net> Subject: Re: A question about dependencies Message-ID: <200406290748.50075.michaelnottebrock@gmx.net> In-Reply-To: <40E0F356.8030603@earthlink.net> References: <40E0F356.8030603@earthlink.net>
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--Boundary-02=_BLQ4AxTNmc1mEx1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Tuesday 29 June 2004 06:43, Bob Melson wrote: > Briefly, I discovered on my system some 124 ports of 600+ that show > python as a requirement. Granted that many are probably cascading > requirements: A requires B which requires C which requires python, so A > and B are shown to depend on it; this still seems to me to be a problem. > > To the extent that I believe this to be a problem, it seems to be to be > one of management and practice. At the same time, it seems also to > reflect a degree of, for lack of a better word, sloppiness. Don't get > me wrong,=20 I don't get what you're trying to say at all. What _is_ the problem? =2D-=20 ,_, | Michael Nottebrock | lofi@freebsd.org (/^ ^\) | FreeBSD - The Power to Serve | http://www.freebsd.org \u/ | K Desktop Environment on FreeBSD | http://freebsd.kde.org --Boundary-02=_BLQ4AxTNmc1mEx1 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Description: signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBA4QLBXhc68WspdLARAnsAAJ9ZD83kbA2bhQ+5L7pDI/PbAsqq8QCeI3gG kbEUvBBdb9jEZLPqXvAp054= =JyiV -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Boundary-02=_BLQ4AxTNmc1mEx1--
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