On Jun 18, 2012, at 7:38 PM, Ryan Schmidt <[email protected]> wrote:

> 
> On Jun 18, 2012, at 12:19, Jeremy Huddleston wrote:
> 
>>> Umm, no?  Myth is really set up to build and install _all_ its software (ie 
>>> frontend and backend);
>> 
>> That's why you would have a variant.  Users who just want the frontend, 
>> don't want to build and install the backend.
>> 
>>> it is up to the user to decide how they want to use that machine.
>> 
>> Yeah, and if I don't want to use this machine as a backend, why do I need to 
>> waste my time building it ;)
> 
> Consider that the mysql55 port builds and installs the client and server even 
> if the user only wants the client. the mysql55-server port only adds config 
> files and directories set up with the right permissions.
> 

So in that model, the suggested mysql_server variant should really be a subport 
and not a variant.

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