The module is presumably used because scons is used, either ways there is no runtime dependency on Python I could spot and FreeBSD doesn't have the RDEP, either.
This is a dependency of the unifi port I'm using, I have no use for mongodb per se. Feedback? OK? Index: Makefile =================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/ports/databases/mongodb/Makefile,v retrieving revision 1.38 diff -u -p -r1.38 Makefile --- Makefile 12 Jul 2019 20:43:54 -0000 1.38 +++ Makefile 15 Mar 2020 18:27:27 -0000 @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ COMMENT = scalable, high-performance doc DISTNAME = mongodb-src-r3.2.22 PKGNAME = ${DISTNAME:S/src-r//} CATEGORIES = databases -REVISION = 0 +REVISION = 1 HOMEPAGE = https://www.mongodb.com/ @@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ NO_CCACHE = Yes COMPILER = base-clang ports-gcc MODPY_VERSION = ${MODPY_DEFAULT_VERSION_2} +MODPY_RUNDEP = No MODSCONS_ENV = CC="${CC}" \ CXX="${CXX}" \ CCFLAGS="${CFLAGS} -DBOOST_NO_USER_CONFIG" \