I Can Has Packages?

[vermaden]

Hai ;)



"Polytropon" <freebsd at edvax.de>:
> On Sun, 19 Aug 2012 20:33:49 +0200, vermaden wrote:
> > HI,
> > 
> > OpenBSD seems to have packages for everything, even
> > for LAME (audio/lame), why FreeBSD can not provide
> > package for LAME the same way as OpenBSD does?
> 
> j00 CAN haz pakagez. =^_^=
> 
> Packages for _everything_ is impossible because of the many
> options that may or MAY NOT fit your needs, so things have
> to be set at compile time. Just imagine how many different
> packages you would have to host for OpenOffice!
> 
> In the past, "pkg_add -r de-openoffice" would have given
> you a full-featured german version of OpenOffice, even
> including a dictionary. Today, it's not that easy anymore.

The OpenBSD team serves these 'complicated' packages
by using *flavours* and *subpackages*, packages or their
parts compiled with different options, its described in the
OpenBSD FAQ here: http://openbsd.org/faq/faq15.html

| 15.2.3 - Finding packages
| 
| (...)
| 
| You will notice that certain packages are available in a
| few different varieties, formally called flavors. Others
| are pieces of the same application which may be
| installed separately. They are called subpackages.
| This will be detailed further in Using flavors and
| subpackages but flavor basically means they are
| configured with different sets of options. Currently,
| many packages have flavors, for example: database
| support, support for systems without X, or network
| additions like SSL and IPv6. Every flavor of a package
| will have a different suffix in its package name. For
| detailed information about package names, please
| refer to packages-specs(7).


 
> There are also ports that draw a massive slew of dependencies.
> Some of them are of minor importance, like documentation that
> urges you to install LaTeX. If that's the default the package
> has been created from, installing it will bring teTeX to your
> system too, even if _you_ don't need it.
> 
> Also consider programs like mplayer that can have a lot of
> codecs. Because it's illegal in the U.S. to listen to MP3,
> those may not be included. :-)
> 
> Okay, you get the idea: There may apply "shipping restrictions".
> If I remember correctly, there has been such an issue for lame
> in the past, but I thought that it would have been resolved.
> When trying "make package", it was not possible, and there
> also was not package for use with pkg_add. You _had_ to compile
> it yourself because the terms of use told so.
> 
> The ports collections has a specific field in Makefile that
> gives you information about such issues:
> 
> RESTRICTED=     patent issues, see http://www.mp3licensing.com/
> 
> So if OpenBSD serves a lame package (I mean a package containing
> lame), you should ask them in how far they have an agreement that
> allows them to do so, in comparison to what patent issues prohibit
> doing the same on FreeBSD.

The OpenBSD port from here: http://openports.se/audio/lame

Has its description of LAME as a *educational* tool, maybe that is
the reason why they provide package for LAME:

| LAME is an educational tool to be used for learning about MP3
| encoding.  The goal of the LAME project is to improve the psycho
| acoustics, quality and speed of MP3 encoding.

My buddy has sent email to OpenBSD LAME port maintainer with
question why they can distribute that without concerns, I will let
You know if he gets the answer.

Regards,
vermaden



> -- 
> Polytropon
> Magdeburg, Germany
> Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0
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