Björn Ketelaars writes: > On 12-12-2009 15:52, Andreas Vögele wrote: >> [...] >> When I worked on the Exim port I kept the existing flavors only because >> I didn't know whether OpenBSD's port system could handle upgrades from >> one flavor to another smoothly. >> >> I'd put the mysql, postgresql, sqlite3, ldap and sasl flavors into a >> single flavor called "heavy". The database flavors only pull in the >> client libraries, not the server packages. As far as I can see these >> flavors don't need to be kept separate. >> [...] > > If one want to keep changes as minimal as possible I would prefer to > keep the database/ldap/sasl flavors separated.
Yes, but I meant that from the end users perspective. If the mysql, postgresl, ldap etc. flavors are replaced by a single flavor or less flavors that work for them all and don't require unnecessary changes on the end users side, changes to the port are IMHO fine.
