On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 01:17:52PM +0100, Antoine Jacoutot wrote: > On Mon, 17 Nov 2008, Marc Balmer wrote: > > > The argument is that in case of a wantlib change (e.g. libc bump), > > > you'll only have to download the small -main package, no all the -data. > > > > imo that is micro-optimization at the wrong level. we increase complexity > > for absolutely no real gain. > > Can other porters please give their opinion. Stuart and I would like to > have some consensus over this.
I'm in favor of -data packages where they are only used once for runtime paks. Games are the obvious example, I can't think of anything else. -- Jason Dixon DixonGroup Consulting http://www.dixongroup.net/
