[MacPorts] #26235: libzzip depends on xmlto depends on texlive depends on everything

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Thu Aug 26 18:49:46 PDT 2010


#26235: libzzip depends on xmlto depends on texlive depends on everything
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 Reporter:  moala@…          |       Owner:  ryandesign@…           
     Type:  enhancement      |      Status:  assigned               
 Priority:  Normal           |   Milestone:                         
Component:  ports            |     Version:  1.9.1                  
 Keywords:                   |        Port:  libzzip xmlto          
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Comment(by dports@…):

 Replying to [comment:3 ryandesign@…]:
 > Replying to [comment:2 dports@…]:
 > > IMO, doc variants are a good idea for exactly this reason.
 > Well, you can't generalize it that way. Not all doc variants are covered
 by this recommendation (some, like fontconfig's, removed in #20233, do not
 pull in additional dependencies, and are thus not an inconvenience to the
 user), and non-documentation variants are involved too. Basically, we like
 ports to have as many features as possible, while not burdening the user
 with heavy dependencies for features they may not need; for optional parts
 with heavy dependencies, we create variants.

 Agreed -- I was really only referring to doc variants that required
 heavyweight dependencies the port doesn't otherwise need.

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Ticket URL: <http://trac.macports.org/ticket/26235#comment:4>
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