Re: dns/bind916 builds rust unexpectedly
- Reply: Guido Falsi : "Re: dns/bind916 builds rust unexpectedly"
- In reply to: Gareth de Vaux : "Re: dns/bind916 builds rust unexpectedly"
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Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2023 18:33:24 UTC
On 25/09/23 19:50, Gareth de Vaux wrote: > On Mon 2023-09-25 (17:38), Guido Falsi wrote: >> This one, which calls in py-cryptography which requires rust. > > Thanks > >> There is a more general aspect to this. In the rest of the unix world >> software is now almost universally build using CI systems and buildboxes, >> people use binary packages almost all the time in linux. Developers don't >> care to keep low overhead in their builds and with dependency. The ports >> tree cannot mitigate this external pressure. > > Understood. Though the situation you point out has been around for decades > and this is the first time I've encountered such a chaotic result. > One can drive a car without using seat belts for years without any injury [1], dies this mean seat belts are unnecessary? [1] if he is lucky enough to never cause or be involved (without any blame) in a crash, even minor one. -- Guido Falsi <madpilot@FreeBSD.org>