Re: RFC: rdiff-backup

["David S." <davids_(_at_)_idiom_(_dot_)_com>]

> > So a port should install (automatically) only
> > those dependencies it really needs and not much more (like
> > described in this case by David).
> 
> Think about it this way.  I install this port, and it builds a
> minimal python.  Then I want to install another port that needs
> one of the python SUBPACKAGES.  Now I have to rebuild the whole
> python port.

Think about it this way: if a user wants to install it, he also needs 
to install the minimal Python.  As the creator of the port, that's all
I *know*.  Anything else - that the user also wants tkinter, or GNU mp,
or expat - is an *assumption* on my part.  My inclination is to pull 
out Occam's razor and slice away the assumptions.

David S.

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