Re: proposed reduction in graphviz dependencies

["Steven M. Bellovin" <smb%cs.columbia.edu@localhost>]

On Tue, 21 Jul 2009 20:29:29 -0400
Greg Troxel <gdt%ir.bbn.com@localhost> wrote:

> For graphviz:
> 
> These options are enabled by default:
>         gd gtk lua pangocairo perl rsvg swig tcl x11
> 
> These options are currently enabled:
>         gd gtk lua pangocairo perl rsvg swig x11
> 
> [I have -tcl in PKG_DEFAULT_OPTIONS.]
> 
> I'd drop lua, perl, swig from that.  I have yet to meet anyone who
> uses them.
> 
> I'd drop rsvg as long as that lib pulls in libgsf.
> 
> I don't know about pangocairo.
> 
> Objections?  Jens - what do you think?
> 

I think that there are far too many options for this package -- I doubt
very much that the maintainer has tested all 512 combinations.

                --Steve Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb