cvs commit: ports/emulators/wine Makefile distinfo pkg-plist ports/emulators/wine/files patch-dlls-wineoss.drv

[Alexey Dokuchaev]

On Sun, May 15, 2011 at 11:26:11AM -0700, Doug Barton wrote:
> On 05/15/2011 08:59, Alexey Dokuchaev wrote:
> >bundling extra .cab file does not add plethora of extra stuff that user
> >would have to pull as extra dependencies, 2/3 increase of relatively
> >light package seems quite tolerable; in return, we provide single
> >package user can install and forget about it.
> 
> I strongly disagree with this perspective. I think Gerald is on the 
> right path, smaller and lighter packages are the way to go.

I totally agree as well when we speak of dozens of extra dependencies
and tens megabytes worth of difference.  Not when it's just single extra
static file added.  (OTOH, maybe 17M + 2/3 does indeed sound like a bit
heavy for some of us.)

Yet again, I am not against package flexibility; surely we would benefit
greatly from something like RPM %package.  For now, however, OPTIONS do
a better job most of the time, and IMHO slaves should not be (ab)used
unless being clear winners.

Disclaimer: please do not view this as criticism of Gerald's work; as
I've said, I really appreciate and value his work on Wine.  I'm just
sharing my opinion on some details of implementation and try to get my
own views WRT the subject in a better shape.  :-)

./danfe