Date: Sun, 4 Jun 2017 10:02:31 -0700 From: Pete Wright <pete@nomadlogic.org> To: koobs@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Cc: Thierry Thomas <thierry@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: py-enchant and wxPython Dependency Message-ID: <42553b37-b817-a818-252e-3e0248e52888@nomadlogic.org> In-Reply-To: <b2dbb572-1545-b20d-3b16-ae0f5067f87e@FreeBSD.org> References: <6cf0c9f7-133f-ec0b-3c46-8f3f9d9cba64@nomadlogic.org> <b2dbb572-1545-b20d-3b16-ae0f5067f87e@FreeBSD.org>
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On 06/04/2017 09:54, Kubilay Kocak wrote: > On 6/5/17 2:50 AM, Pete Wright wrote: >> Hi there, >> >> I have a webapp that is making use of textproc/py-enchant for >> spellchecking in some input forms we use. when i install py-enchant via >> pip it only requires some libraries that ship with textproc/enchant. >> yet when i install the py27-enchant pkg it looks like i have to slup in >> about 1GB of deps - including lots of X libraries (libGL for example). >> This seems to be related to having "USE_WX" flag set in the >> textproc/py-enchant Makefile. >> >> Since my use-case is for a python webapp I have no need for wxPython and >> it's dependency tree. Is there an easy way to re-build this port w/o >> the wxPython dependency? I can confirm the py-enchant works fine >> without wxPython when it is installed via pip inside a python venv. My >> understanding is that the USE_* flags are not really meant to be >> user-settable. >> >> Cheers, >> >> -pete >> > Hi Pete, > > > If WX is optional (for enchant) then it should be made an OPTION to at > least allow ports users to disable the dependency and its consequent > features, and if you're a package user, the ability to create a custom > package. > > This should take place as a request in Bugzilla (with rationale, etc) > with a summary like: > > textproc/py-enchant: Make WX OPTION'al > > CC'ing port maintainer Sounds great, I'm doing a build and test on our end now. Once I verify things work when the package is build w/o the wxPython dependency I'll file a PR as you suggest. Thanks! -pete -- Pete Wright pete@nomadlogic.org @nomadlogicLA
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