maintainer-feedback requested: [Bug 278715] lang/python311: make libmpdec a hard dependency

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Date: Fri, 03 May 2024 09:42:19 UTC

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Bug 278715: lang/python311: make libmpdec a hard dependency
https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=278715



--- Description ---
According to various CPython issues the C version of decimal is now assumed to
be always present. Example:

   https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/118164


I think it might be a good idea to remove the libmpdec optional install and
make it a hard dependency like libffi. Arch Linux has just done the same:

   https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/packaging/packages/python/-/issues/10