[52497] trunk/dports/gnome/liboobs/Portfile

[David Evans]

Jeremy Lavergne wrote:
> On Jun 17, 2009, at 4:25 PM, David Evans wrote:
>
>> The total number of entries in the tree is 2520790 but there are only 
>> 321 unique ports involved.  Port glib2 alone appears 14023 times.
>>
>> So there's a lot of overkill going on here.
>
> I'd have to argue that if you can figure out the unique dependencies 
> then so can MacPorts.  How can that be overkill?  The dependencies 
> listed in a portfile are up to the maintainer to maintain. If they 
> don't feel burdened by the extraneous ports -- well, I find figuring 
> out what's already handled just as bothersome -- it really shouldn't 
> matter.
>
Good point.  I really don't spend a lot of time looking for the minimal 
set of dependencies either.  As you say, as long as a port builds 
properly, each
maintainer should be able to deal with it in a way he that makes him 
feel comfortable.  After all, this is a volunteer affair and there's 
plenty of work
to go around without manufacturing more.

Sorry if I stepped on any toes.

Dave