Option vs. flavor?

[Thierry Thomas]

Le sam. 16 déc. 17 à  2:38:51 +0100, Yuri <yuri at rawbw.com>
 écrivait :

> One port is small by itself, but it semi-optionally requires 4.5GB of 
> static data installed.
> 
> It is possible to download this data optionally, conditional on the port 
> option DATA_FILES which will be "off" by default, so that the users who 
> need the data will install it with DATA_FILES=on.
> 
> Alternatively, it is possible to create a flavor, something like @withData.
> 
> 
> Should the option be preferred, or should the flavor be preferred?

I'd say that this is a case for sub-packages.
-- 
Th. Thomas.
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