On Wed, 13 Oct 2010 14:06:55 -0400, Pierre-Luc Drouin <pldro...@gmail.com> wrote: > I think it would be nice if at least one binary package was available with > the most "typical" dependencies. For example, I am not a native English > speaker, but I would not mind using the English version OO if I could > download it as a binary package... Just my $0.02...
Just imagine - in the past, you could "pkg_add -r fr-openoffice" to get a french (I assume you are, according to your name) localized version of OpenOffice *including* a french dictionary! Unbelievable! A miracle! Magic! :-) (OpenOffice is the *only* program *I* use in the german version.) It's sad that those easy times seem to be over... In case of OpenOffice, I would say "as few dependencies as needed" would be a good approach. I mean... everyone is talking about modularity in software, about exchangable components and so on, so THIS would be a good place to use those concepts, like let a program "dynamically" pick up optional components if they are installed, or work without them if not. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
