Re: pkg/51972: pyexpat.so is missing from python27 installation.

[Leonardo Taccari <leot%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR pkg/51972; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Leonardo Taccari <leot%NetBSD.org@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Cc: 
Subject: Re: pkg/51972: pyexpat.so is missing from python27 installation.
Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2017 12:10:08 +0100

 Lars-Johan Liman writes:
 >  Hi Leonardo,
 >  
 
 Hello Lars-Johan!
 
 >  <BLUSH!>
 >  
 >  Yes. After I had pressed the "send" button I continued my efforts and
 >  realized that it's now a separate package. The "DUUUUH!" could be heard
 >  all over the office ... :-( But the ticket had already gone in.
 >  
 >  Please accept my profuse apologies for wasting your time!
 >  
 >  (I'm still slightly puzzled why it was moved to a separate package,
 >  though, as it seems to be part of the main Python source tar-ball, but I
 >  may be wrong there ...)
 >  
 > [...]
 
 Do not worry! PRs are for that! :)
 
 py-expat is not the only exception: py-curses, py-readline and
 probably other modules that are parts of the "batteries included"
 Python library are excluded in pkgsrc (I think grep-ping for
 'lang/python/srcdist.mk' in the pkgsrc tree will reveal all of
 them!).
 
 Inside the pkgsrc ecosystem that's not a problem because packages
 that needs them can just DEPENDS on them. However, it can be a
 problem if a script (outside pkgsrc) expects that really all the
 batteries are included! :)
 
 
 Lars-Johan, ok to close the PR?
 
 (otherwise, we can adjust lang/python*/DESCR or add a
 lang/python*/MESSAGE with a list of "excluded" batteries or provide
 a meta-pkgs with all the batteries included, but at least for the
 latter I'm not sure if it's worth or not)