Date: Mon, 03 Nov 2003 17:20:33 +1300 From: James Pole <james@pole.net.nz> To: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@FreeBSD.org> Cc: rehsack@liwing.de Subject: Re: ports/58840: [PATCH] exclude possibly unrequired dependenciesfrom x11/gnome2 Message-ID: <1067833233.258.10.camel@localhost> In-Reply-To: <200311021927.hA2JRIt2074978@freefall.freebsd.org> References: <200311021927.hA2JRIt2074978@freefall.freebsd.org>
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On Mon, 2003-11-03 at 08:27, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: > The list of ports included in the gnome2 meta-port is not arbitrary. It is > set by the GNOME release team. Therefore, I am hesitant to change the > meta-port. Sure, these configurable ports are still installed by default, > but where does the customization end? I recommend you create your own > meta-port for gnome2, and stick it in /usr/ports/x11 (I use gnome2-marcus). > Then, you can track that port, and add to it only the components you want. > In general, you will only have to worry about updating it when major GNOME > releases come out (twice a year). Wouldn't it be better to just have gnome2 install everthing by deafult and include a WITHOUT_${SOMETHING} option for applications that not *everyone* is likely to use such as accessbily ooptions and certain other applications. This means that anyone can just set WITHOUT_ options in their /etc/make.conf -- which is a lot easier than making your own Makefile. This idea seems to be a good comprimise from my point of view. Packages and lazy people will still be able to install the entire GNOME desktop from the default packages/ports while other people can just add a few lines to their /etc/make.conf to create their own custom desktop. Any comments? - James
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