Re: ports FLAVORS on pkgsrc (and postfix)

[Michael Parson <mparson%bl.org@localhost>]

On Thu, Jan 25, 2007 at 06:50:24PM +0100, Christian Biere wrote:
> Jeremy C. Reed wrote:
>> One thing that Debian does a lot more than pkgsrc is to create separate 
>> packages for libraries, headers/includes, applications, and documentation. 
>
> Which completely defeats the idea of free open-source software.

Probably more of a general Linux thing than just Debian, at least,
RedHat has done the same thing for years.  Not everyone that is running
Linux wants/needs the sources installed on every box.  It can be
annoying when you figure out you need foo, go off and install it, then
realize you also need the foo-dev package.

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Michael Parson
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