Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2005 17:28:44 +0100 From: Michael Nottebrock <lofi@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Cc: ports@freebsd.org, openoffice@freebsd.org, "Mikhail T." <mi@aldan.algebra.com>, Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Subject: Re: Excessive dependancies for OpenOffice 2.0 port Message-ID: <200511071728.51547.lofi@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <200511061358.15971@Misha> References: <200511051218.09945@Misha> <20051106180533.GA4574@xor.obsecurity.org> <200511061358.15971@Misha>
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--nextPart34314835.aZRHPj8r9U Content-Type: text/plain; charset="koi8-u" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Sunday, 6. November 2005 19:58, Mikhail T. wrote: > =3D On Sat, Nov 05, 2005 at 12:18:09PM -0500, Mikhail T. wrote: > =3D > I'm surprised, you are not objecting to the port's building of its = OWN > =3D > C and C++ compiler, as well as a bunch of "small" things like STLpo= rt, > =3D > db4, expat (yes, it depends on it, but builds its own too!), sablot= ron, > =3D > xmlsec, etc. etc. > > =3D I don't think you realise how much work it is to keep OO building even > =3D with stock vendor sources, let alone with third party versions of > =3D those packages. > > Actually, I do realise that, and, in my opinion, it is _harder_ to keep > it building the current way. The third-party packages -- installed by > other ports -- have their own maintainers, who watch out for build > problems. I fail to see how going along with the vendor's default build system and=20 procedure is harder than having to massively patch around in there (and=20 having to redo those patches obsoleted every time the upstream sources chan= ge=20 significantly enough). Given how outdated some of the bundled sources are, I would guess that=20 OpenOffice probably would have many issues with the latest versions of its= =20 dependencies, requiring even more patches to OOo - or having to keep around= =20 obsolete versions of these dependencies in ports. =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 --nextPart34314835.aZRHPj8r9U Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBDb4DDXhc68WspdLARAsf8AKCOI25RxF+dAylz0G+Jzh7PCDzV+wCcDU5y r7fWIzszI1EphIbgLz4EGFs= =Q7jA -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart34314835.aZRHPj8r9U--
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