[Bug 278715] lang/python311: make libmpdec a hard dependency

https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=278715

            Bug ID: 278715
           Summary: lang/python311: make libmpdec a hard dependency
           Product: Ports & Packages
           Version: Latest
          Hardware: Any
                OS: Any
            Status: New
          Severity: Affects Many People
          Priority: ---
         Component: Individual Port(s)
          Assignee: python@FreeBSD.org
          Reporter: skrah@bytereef.org
          Assignee: python@FreeBSD.org
             Flags: maintainer-feedback?(python@FreeBSD.org)

According to various CPython issues the C version of decimal is now assumed to
be always present. Example:

   https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/118164


I think it might be a good idea to remove the libmpdec optional install and
make it a hard dependency like libffi. Arch Linux has just done the same:

   https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/packaging/packages/python/-/issues/10

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