Re: git: 3d9a2a18ec99 - main - sysutils/plasma6-kinfocenter: Add missing runtime dependencies

From: Max Brazhnikov <makc_at_freebsd.org>
Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2025 10:20:20 UTC
Hi,

On Sat, 15 Mar 2025 16:52:40 +0000 Alexey Dokuchaev wrote:
> I'm not a KDE user, but I'd like to support Vladimir here, because the
> issue of optional dependencies being forced upon advanced users applies
> on a larger scale.

kinfocenter is just a graphical wrapper around a bunch of info utilities.
If you do not need them in the first place, why would you bother to
install the wrapper?

> Sound issues aside: if someone asks to make some feature optional and
> it doesn't cost much, then why not?  Simply keep it on by default and
> everyone would be happy.

Good question! Do you count cost of making a choice in the total cost? :)

Joking aside, we do maintain some options in KDE/Qt ports. Unfortunately,
we can't please everyone maintaining options for all configure knobs.

Max