On Wed 2008.12.03 at 16:41 +0100, L?VAI D?niel wrote:
> On Tuesday 02 December 2008 03.41.51 Okan Demirmen wrote:
> > seems i've missed a bit here while away...
> >
> > 2 things:
> >
> > koffice 1.6 branch does not support newer GraphicsMagick versions.
> >
> > i still don't understand the no_gs thing.  as kili pointed out, it
> > can be pinned down to removing the run dependency of ghostscript, but
> > why? for example, GraphicsMagick supports RAW images, hence a build
> > dependency on dcraw - should we force the user to read the output of
> > gm error messages to guess which additional package one needs to
> > install to get the compiled-in functionality?  i'm of the opinion
> > 'no'.  same goes with the gs binary being available if the package
> > has been built to support it.
> What are you suggesting?

maybe i used too many words ;)

what i'm really asking is: what is the big deal of having ghostscript as
a RUN_DEPENDS?  if the port is built with ghostscript support, shouldn't
it just work when installed?

cheers,
okan

Reply via email to