On Sep 27 09:53:02, allber...@gmail.com wrote: > On Sat, Sep 27, 2014 at 6:59 AM, Jan Stary <h...@stare.cz> wrote: > > > Generaly, I find the precompiled defaults quite sensible > > in most of the packaging systems, having subpackages/flavors/variants etc. > > it surprises me that you "always" need to compile the port yourself. > > > Linux-like package systems tend to split things up so you can add > functionality with plug-in ports, at a cost in maintainability of the > package system. Build from source setups (pkgsrc/ports) tend to use build > options/variants instead, and the packages become less useful as a result.
I must be missing your point. What's a "linux-like" package system as opposed to a "build-from-port" system? Every package built from a port. How does using options/variants of a port make the resulting package less usefull (then having a lot of separate packages). _______________________________________________ macports-users mailing list macports-users@lists.macosforge.org https://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/macports-users
