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

[Lars-Johan Liman <liman%cafax.se@localhost>]

leot%NetBSD.org@localhost:
>  Hello Lars-Johan!

Hi again!

>  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! :)

(That's what happened.)

>  Lars-Johan, ok to close the PR?

Yes, absolutely! Thank you for quick and kind replies!

>  (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)

No, no! I've figured it out now. Don't mess things up ... ;-)

joerg%bec.de@localhost:
> They are packaged separate because they often pull in other
> dependencies.

Umm. Thanks. OK. I'll take your word for it. :-)

				Cheers,
				  /Liman