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

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My toes are not complaining of any unusual weight put on them ;), I  
was asking this out of curiosity and because I was wondering if we  
have any policy for that matter.

Le 17 juin 09 à 23:13, David Evans a écrit :

> 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
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