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Date:      Tue, 10 Apr 2001 10:17:10 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Mikhail Teterin <mi@aldan.algebra.com>
To:        tadayuki.okada@windriver.com
Cc:        demon@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: ports/misc/kde2-i18n Makefile pkg-plist  ports/misc/kde2-i18n/scripts Configure
Message-ID:  <200104101417.f3AEHBA53502@aldan.algebra.com>
In-Reply-To: <3AD30649.B5750870@windriver.com>

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On 10 Apr, Tadayuki OKADA wrote:
> Dmitry Sivachenko <demon@FreeBSD.ORG> wrote:
>> > Any plan to use separate distfiles?
>> > # 40MB file for one language is ridiculous.
>> It is _source tarball_ which occupies 40MB.
>> You can easily make separate packages for each language (see russian/kde2-i18n
>> for example).  This package is much smaller that 40MB.
>> Install from packages and you will save bandwidht...
> You are right. I can't optimize messages, can I?
> Sorry for the miscomplaint.
> I haven't used pkgs for years except for cvsup-bin.
> 
> I'll send ja-kde2-i18n port, if you are not going to do.
> # It's just two chracters change, though.

Gentlemen, please! Why can't _one_ port handle this all? There are
dozens of languages supported by KDE. Do we want to add dozens versions
of this ports?

The single port can ask which languages are desired, fetch those
tarballs and install them...

Respectfully,

	-mi


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