On Tue, 26 Jun 2012 13:50:48 -0500, Marcus von Appen <m...@freebsd.org> wrote:

I still do not see any reason or argument on why we would need
sub-packages.

I want up to date packages for all my servers. My servers all have different requirements -- I want Apache with LDAP here, and definitely Apache without LDAP there. Designing a package-building and deployment system for a non-homogenous server farm is an exercise in futility. Having proper sub-packages fixes this issue in a cleanly supportable fashion.
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