Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2016 19:35:31 -0700 From: Julian Elischer <julian@freebsd.org> To: "ports@FreeBSD.org" <ports@freebsd.org> Subject: dependency explosions Message-ID: <2df71272-7b98-ad73-650a-3ec70beb71d5@freebsd.org>
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Hi ports people. It seems to me that there has been an explosion in ports dependencies recently. Things that used to need a few dependencies are now pulling in things one would never imagine. We just had to add the openjdk7 port to something and the number of dependencies is at 120 and rising still. (mostly due to an *undocumented* dependency on a cups include file). I needed to add glib2 and I got over 20 dependencies. (and then it failed to compile). 12 ports I've been adding to my systems for years have now resulted in 135 unexpected ports being built. Some issues I've noted: There is a need for a "minimum" install of a lot of packages. Such a 'minimum' install should probably be the default when coming in as a dependency, as there is an increasing tendency to configure things with all the bells and whistles. anyone have any thought as to 1/ why the recent explosion, and 2/ what to do about it?
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