... I even got a screenshot of how these *flavours* and *subpackages* work, here:
http://ompldr.org/vZjV2bQ "Polytropon" <free...@edvax.de> pisze: > On Sun, 19 Aug 2012 20:33:49 +0200, vermaden wrote: > > HI, > > > > OpenBSD seems to have packages for everything, even > > for LAME (audio/lame), why FreeBSD can not provide > > package for LAME the same way as OpenBSD does? > > j00 CAN haz pakagez. =^_^= > > Packages for _everything_ is impossible because of the many > options that may or MAY NOT fit your needs, so things have > to be set at compile time. Just imagine how many different > packages you would have to host for OpenOffice! > > In the past, "pkg_add -r de-openoffice" would have given > you a full-featured german version of OpenOffice, even > including a dictionary. Today, it's not that easy anymore. > > There are also ports that draw a massive slew of dependencies. > Some of them are of minor importance, like documentation that > urges you to install LaTeX. If that's the default the package > has been created from, installing it will bring teTeX to your > system too, even if _you_ don't need it. > > Also consider programs like mplayer that can have a lot of > codecs. Because it's illegal in the U.S. to listen to MP3, > those may not be included. :-) > > Okay, you get the idea: There may apply "shipping restrictions". > If I remember correctly, there has been such an issue for lame > in the past, but I thought that it would have been resolved. > When trying "make package", it was not possible, and there > also was not package for use with pkg_add. You _had_ to compile > it yourself because the terms of use told so. > > The ports collections has a specific field in Makefile that > gives you information about such issues: > > RESTRICTED= patent issues, see http://www.mp3licensing.com/ > > So if OpenBSD serves a lame package (I mean a package containing > lame), you should ask them in how far they have an agreement that > allows them to do so, in comparison to what patent issues prohibit > doing the same on FreeBSD. > > > > -- > Polytropon > Magdeburg, Germany > Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 > Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... > -- ... _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
