Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2014 14:30:29 +0200 From: =?UTF-8?Q?Ren=C3=A9_Ladan?= <r.c.ladan@gmail.com> To: Alex Dupre <ale@freebsd.org> Cc: "ports@freebsd.org Ports" <ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: bundled libraries in ports, any policy? Message-ID: <CADL2u4jRnJh2SBE%2B%2BPTGNtKHqhDXXBHLsOZXfoFqq=7OneRz_g@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <53E0CD43.7010302@FreeBSD.org> References: <CADL2u4iMi736QuO-t-1ssrh0Y6MqOg2Ky_OO8vJueHbB=C8hBQ@mail.gmail.com> <53E0CD43.7010302@FreeBSD.org>
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2014-08-05 14:25 GMT+02:00 Alex Dupre <ale@freebsd.org>: > Ren=C3=A9 Ladan ha scritto: > > Although the above example is specific to Chromium, do we want a policy > for > > bundled libraries in general? For example, Fedora an Gentoo have a poli= cy > > that favors the use system libraries (what we call LIB_DEPENDS) > > Yes, we prefer always system/port libraries, if there aren't strong > reasons to do otherwise (e.g. a highly customized bundled version) > > My preference too, should something be written in the Porters Handbook about this? [1] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:No_Bundled_Libraries [2] http://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Why_not_bundle_dependencies Rene
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