> On 15. Jun 2018, at 05:57, Adam Weinberger <ad...@adamw.org> wrote: > >> On Thu, Jun 14, 2018 at 8:16 PM Mahmoud Al-Qudsi <mqu...@neosmart.net> wrote: >> >> Hello list, >> >> I'm probably not alone in considering git to be a core development tool, >> perhaps just a notch or two below the C compiler. `git` and `sudo` are the >> two >> packages I first install (after `pkg` itself) on any machine, and in many >> cases that suffices to get a basic development environment going. >> >> However, the git package currently brings in a host of unwanted dependencies, >> and I *believe* they can be done without. >> >> This is the complete dependency graph for the git package [0] (generated with >> the newly-minted pkg-graph [1]). It pulls in perl5 and python27, both >> sizeable >> packages and both not required to use git. >> >> While git can be compiled without some of the additional dependencies such as >> expat or pcre, this results in a "crippled" git lacking in some core >> features, >> and requires special build-time definitions like NO_EXPAT or NO_PCRE passed >> to >> the git Makefile. The other dependencies like curl, pcre, and gettext are >> also >> relatively small and typically part of even the most minimal system, but >> perl5 >> and python27 are full-blown runtimes for interpreted languages that have >> fallen out of favor and have been successfully stripped from FreeBSD core >> (and >> even many Linux distributions). >> >> I'm sure these packages are not just there to have a good time and they serve >> some purpose and enable a subset of the git functionality, but my question >> here today is whether that functionality is worth its weight in dependencies, >> and whether the ports team is open to seeing the git package stripped of >> these >> dependencies. >> >> (Obviously the option of adding a "git-lite" package à la "vim-lite" also >> exists, but I think it's fair to say that would be an ugly and unnecessary >> compromise.) >> >> [0]: https://goo.gl/hozu1b >> [1]: https://github.com/neosmart/pkg-graph > > Agreed. I'd personally much rather see small default packages and > -kitchensink slaves, than massive default packages and -lite slaves. > It's always struck me as odd that our git package comes with CVS and > Perforce support. > > # Adam > >
Last time I checked, building git without Perl broke submodules (which is a core feature that should work with a default installation). Michael _______________________________________________ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
