Re: changing the default ghostscript type

[Greg Troxel <gdt%lexort.com@localhost>]

Martin Husemann <martin%duskware.de@localhost> writes:

> Excuse my limited experience with either, but would it be possible to
> add a third option that effectively says: no ghostscript? I do that for
> pulseaudio, polkit and cups, so ghostscript would be a natural fit ;-)

Certainly any package that depends on ghostscript could in theory get
such an option.  Some can surely do without, and probably some don't do
what they are supposed to do without, so it doesn't make sense
(e.g. gv).

People who maintain packages that depend on ghostscript (often
pkgsrc-users@ :) can add such options, and I see that process as
unrelated to changing the default.

> That is for people who neither want AGPL3 nor unmaintained code?

As it stands without user approval neither will be installed.

> I have no idea of the whole dependency graph and what this would prevent
> to build (but in my world with real postscript network printers everywhere
> the fallout sounds ok, same for typical server setups).

This has nothing to do with bulk builds which override both vulnerable
and licensing checks.