Re: GD in 3.9

2006-05-19 Thread Liviu Daia
On 19 May 2006, Otto Moerbeek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Fri, 19 May 2006, Liviu Daia wrote: > > > On 19 May 2006, sand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Daniel Hartmeier wrote: > > > > While testing pfstat, I noticed that FreeBSD's port of gd 2.0.33 > > > > [1] has a WITHOUT_X11 "flavor". It

Re: GD in 3.9

2006-05-19 Thread Otto Moerbeek
On Fri, 19 May 2006, Liviu Daia wrote: > On 19 May 2006, sand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Daniel Hartmeier wrote: > > > While testing pfstat, I noticed that FreeBSD's port of gd 2.0.33 > > > [1] has a WITHOUT_X11 "flavor". It does pull in freetype2, but that > > > doesn't depend on X11 there.

Re: GD in 3.9

2006-05-19 Thread Liviu Daia
On 19 May 2006, sand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Daniel Hartmeier wrote: > > While testing pfstat, I noticed that FreeBSD's port of gd 2.0.33 > > [1] has a WITHOUT_X11 "flavor". It does pull in freetype2, but that > > doesn't depend on X11 there. > > I've tried to add a 'no_x11' FLAVOR, can somebo

Re: GD in 3.9

2006-05-19 Thread frantisek holop
hmm, on Thu, May 18, 2006 at 11:24:42PM +0300, Liviu Daia said that > > what is the utility in that? > > To start a debate. At this point (7 month after the fact), a polite > message would have never accomplished that. Did I succeed? Yes: > several people have expressed their views. there

Re: GD in 3.9

2006-05-19 Thread Lars Hansson
On Friday 19 May 2006 15:48, Keith Matthews wrote: > As to the inclusion of X in everything - there have been statements > that "it has been decided" - decided by whom ? - I've seen no discussion > of the matter on this list. A discussion is not necessasry for a decision to be made. --- Lars Han

Re: GD in 3.9

2006-05-19 Thread Rod.. Whitworth
On Fri, 19 May 2006 08:48:52 +0100, Keith Matthews wrote: >As to the inclusion of X in everything - there have been statements >that "it has been decided" - decided by whom ? - I've seen no discussion >of the matter on this list. This is not a democracy. That is probably, outside the competence

Re: GD in 3.9

2006-05-19 Thread Keith Matthews
On Thu, 18 May 2006 15:47:19 -0400 Adam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 18 May 2006 21:32:15 +0300 Liviu Daia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > How is it useful? (Hint: you can't talk about utility outside a > > context. Useful to whom, for what purpose, with what costs?) > > And here

Re: GD in 3.9

2006-05-18 Thread sand
Daniel Hartmeier wrote: > While testing pfstat, I noticed that FreeBSD's port of gd 2.0.33 [1] has > a WITHOUT_X11 "flavor". It does pull in freetype2, but that doesn't depend > on X11 there. I've tried to add a 'no_x11' FLAVOR, can somebody test it? Daniel --- Makefile.orig Fri May 19 01:53

Re: GD in 3.9

2006-05-18 Thread Daniel Hartmeier
On Thu, May 18, 2006 at 10:46:52AM +0200, Matthieu Herrb wrote: > We don't have a freetype2 port, and I don't want to see more ports that > duplicate things existing in X. Is freetype needed by gd only for truetype fonts? AFAIK, gd has a simple bitmap font built in, so would it be acceptable to h

Re: GD in 3.9

2006-05-18 Thread Liviu Daia
On 18 May 2006, Jacob Meuser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] > so you did not test a snapshot (the gd update happened 7 months ago) > and wish to make snide remarks about issues in the release. Yup. > what is the utility in that? To start a debate. At this point (7 month after the fact

Re: GD in 3.9

2006-05-18 Thread Adam
On Thu, 18 May 2006 21:32:15 +0300 Liviu Daia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How is it useful? (Hint: you can't talk about utility outside a > context. Useful to whom, for what purpose, with what costs?) And here is the real issue. You think that your personal desires are all that matters.

Re: GD in 3.9

2006-05-18 Thread Jacob Meuser
On Thu, May 18, 2006 at 12:07:34AM +0300, Liviu Daia wrote: > On 17 May 2006, Nikolay Sturm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > * Liviu Daia [2006-05-17]: > > > Consequently, I now need to install X in order to run pfstat, mrtg, > > > and a host of other things that have nothing to do with X. freetype2

Re: GD in 3.9

2006-05-18 Thread Liviu Daia
On 18 May 2006, Adam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 18 May 2006 19:40:35 +0300 Liviu Daia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > But see, most people don't care about 29MB of hard drive space > > > being used. > > > > Do you have statistical figures to back up this statement? > > How many p

Re: GD in 3.9

2006-05-18 Thread Adam
On Thu, 18 May 2006 10:00:31 -0700 Dave Mangot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Aside from the space which is an issue for those running on CF, I > thought it was good security practice to install only what you will > need. Minimal installs are more secure than those that have dozens of > unused bin

Re: GD in 3.9

2006-05-18 Thread Adam
On Thu, 18 May 2006 19:40:35 +0300 Liviu Daia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > But see, most people don't care about 29MB of hard drive space being > > used. > > Do you have statistical figures to back up this statement? How many people waste their time deleting every file they don't need from

Re: GD in 3.9

2006-05-18 Thread Dave Mangot
Nikolay Sturm ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) shaped the electrons to say: > * Liviu Daia [2006-05-17]: > > Consequently, I now need to install X in order to run pfstat, mrtg, and > > a host of other things that have nothing to do with X. > > You have to install xbase39.tgz, I don't see how this is a big deal

Re: GD in 3.9

2006-05-18 Thread Liviu Daia
On 18 May 2006, Adam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 18 May 2006 09:24:58 +0300 Liviu Daia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > I never said I have a problem running a stripped down system. > > What I do have a (conceptual) problem with is making a bunch of > > console applications dependent

Re: GD in 3.9

2006-05-18 Thread Adam
On Thu, 18 May 2006 09:24:58 +0300 Liviu Daia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I never said I have a problem running a stripped down system. What > I do have a (conceptual) problem with is making a bunch of console > applications dependent on 30 MB of code that never gets run, for no good > reaso

Re: GD in 3.9

2006-05-18 Thread Tomasz Pajor
I've created a port for freetype2 a while ago. You can download it from here: http://tomekp.rix.pl/freetype2.tgz -- Tomasz Pajor WebSolutions > Daniel Hartmeier wrote: >> While testing pfstat, I noticed that FreeBSD's port of gd 2.0.33 [1] has >> a WITHOUT_X11 "flavor". It does pull in freetype2,

Re: GD in 3.9

2006-05-18 Thread Matthieu Herrb
Daniel Hartmeier wrote: > While testing pfstat, I noticed that FreeBSD's port of gd 2.0.33 [1] has > a WITHOUT_X11 "flavor". It does pull in freetype2, but that doesn't depend > on X11 there. We don't have a freetype2 port, and I don't want to see more ports that duplicate things existing in X. F

Re: GD in 3.9

2006-05-18 Thread Daniel Hartmeier
While testing pfstat, I noticed that FreeBSD's port of gd 2.0.33 [1] has a WITHOUT_X11 "flavor". It does pull in freetype2, but that doesn't depend on X11 there. No, I don't have a patch yet ;) Daniel [1] http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/ports/graphics/gd/Makefile?rev=1.78

Re: GD in 3.9

2006-05-18 Thread Antoine Jacoutot
Selon Liviu Daia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I never said I have a problem running a stripped down system. What > I do have a (conceptual) problem with is making a bunch of console > applications dependent on 30 MB of code that never gets run, for no good > reason. Apparently I'm not the only one

Re: GD in 3.9

2006-05-17 Thread Nikolay Sturm
* Liviu Daia [2006-05-18]: > FWIW I still haven't got an answer to the first question. I might I didn't answer it because I don't know the answer. The port was updated, I remember it being a major PITA and that's it. Ever since then people complain about it and ever since then we tell them the sa

Re: GD in 3.9

2006-05-17 Thread Liviu Daia
On 17 May 2006, Adam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 18 May 2006 01:04:00 +0300 Liviu Daia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > On 17 May 2006, Marc Balmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] > > > Don't blame us if you don't know how to fit stuff on a disk for an > > > embedded system. > > > > O

Re: GD in 3.9

2006-05-17 Thread Adam
On Thu, 18 May 2006 01:04:00 +0300 Liviu Daia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 17 May 2006, Marc Balmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > * Liviu Daia wrote: > > > On 17 May 2006, Nikolay Sturm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > * Liviu Daia [2006-05-17]: > > > > > Consequently, I now need to install

Re: GD in 3.9

2006-05-17 Thread Liviu Daia
On 17 May 2006, Marc Balmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > * Liviu Daia wrote: > > On 17 May 2006, Nikolay Sturm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > * Liviu Daia [2006-05-17]: > > > > Consequently, I now need to install X in order to run pfstat, > > > > mrtg, and a host of other things that have nothing

Re: GD in 3.9

2006-05-17 Thread Michael Coulter
from the pfstat-2.0 announcement, * Add a small daemon 'pfstatd' which listens on a TCP port and, when connected to, sends the statistical pf data in plain text to the peer. This program has no dependancies (gd, X11, etc.), so it can be easily installed on a small firewall, and the main 'pfs

Re: GD in 3.9

2006-05-17 Thread Marc Balmer
* Liviu Daia wrote: > On 17 May 2006, Nikolay Sturm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > * Liviu Daia [2006-05-17]: > > > Consequently, I now need to install X in order to run pfstat, mrtg, > > > and a host of other things that have nothing to do with X. > > > > You have to install xbase39.tgz, I don't s

Re: GD in 3.9

2006-05-17 Thread Liviu Daia
On 17 May 2006, Nikolay Sturm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > * Liviu Daia [2006-05-17]: > > Consequently, I now need to install X in order to run pfstat, mrtg, > > and a host of other things that have nothing to do with X. > > You have to install xbase39.tgz, I don't see how this is a big deal.

Re: GD in 3.9

2006-05-17 Thread Nikolay Sturm
* Liviu Daia [2006-05-17]: > Consequently, I now need to install X in order to run pfstat, mrtg, and > a host of other things that have nothing to do with X. You have to install xbase39.tgz, I don't see how this is a big deal. > Can we please have an option to switch back to gd 1.8.x back? No.

GD in 3.9

2006-05-17 Thread Liviu Daia
Is there a reason why Boutell gd has been upgraded to 2.0.33 in 3.9? The new version depends on fontconfig, which in turn depends on X. Consequently, I now need to install X in order to run pfstat, mrtg, and a host of other things that have nothing to do with X. Can we please have an option t