Re: lib/40346: libexpat should be in base.tgz

[Alan Barrett <apb%cequrux.com@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR lib/40346; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Alan Barrett <apb%cequrux.com@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
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Subject: Re: lib/40346: libexpat should be in base.tgz
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2009 23:47:36 +0200

 On Tue, 27 Jan 2009, Manuel Bouyer wrote:
 > But it would be silly to build official binary packages with 
 > X11_TYPE=modular.
 
 Why?
 
 I think it would be sensible to build official binary packages with
 several different combinations of options, and to have a naming scheme
 that facilitates finding the correct variant of a binary package.
 
 > If libexpat is used by more software than X11 ones, it should be in
 > base and not xbase. It doesn't look very x11-specific anyway.
 
 Right, it doesn't look x11-specific.  But I still don't see why
 it can't be kept in pkgsrc.
 
 --apb (Alan Barrett)