On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 01:46:08AM -0500, Brad Smith wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 07:43:09AM +0100, Antoine Jacoutot wrote:
> > On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 11:48:08PM -0500, Brad Smith wrote:
> > > On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 09:59:32PM -0500, Brian Callahan wrote:
> > > > Hi ports --
> > > > 
> > > > Attached is a rather large diff that removes --disable-external-libs
> > > > from audio/libsndfile, pulls ogg, vorbis and flac into libsndfile
> > > > (the external libs), and bumps all dependent ports that need it.
> > > > 
> > > > This change is needed to import audio/mscore. Mscore can save files
> > > > as flac and ogg, but only via libsndfile.
> > > > 
> > > > This diff is identical to the latest one I sent to all MAINTAINERS
> > > > of the affected ports, with the addition of adding Jan Stary as
> > > > MAINTAINER of libsndfile and libsamplerate.
> > > > 
> > > > I have an ok from landry@ and aja@. Also a "no problems with
> > > > audio/aqualung with this, I didn't test other programs" from jeremy@
> > > > and a "no objections" from Jan Stary. Anyone else want to weigh in
> > > > on this before I commit it?
> > > > 
> > > > ~Brian
> > > 
> > > Don't remove the LIB_DEPENDS.
> > 
> > Why?
> 
> I hate hiding dependencies in the name of "simplifying" dependencies.
> I want to see which ports have dependencies on which libraries and
> increasingly these are being hidden.

If you go this way, then you are missing at least graphics/cairo, x11/dbus, 
/audio/libogg, ...

For the ports I maintain, Brian you can keep removing the LIB_DEPENDS since 
this is how we do stuffs.

-- 
Antoine

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