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[Sahil Tandon]

On Mon, 2010-07-12 at 21:28:56 +0200, David DEMELIER wrote:

> .if defined(WITH_MYSQL)
> WANT_MYSQL_VER= 55 ...
> .endif
> 
> Then if the user wants a different version he still can change using :
> WITH_MYSQL_VER= 44.

That change by itself will not work because in bsd.database.mk: 

 .if defined(WITH_MYSQL_VER) && ${WITH_MYSQL_VER} != ${WANT_MYSQL_VER}
 IGNORE= ...

> Why don't keep it simple and simple? 

I am not sure what you mean.  Complexity is not a goal of the project.
If you have an idea that does not forfeit existing functionality or
violate POLA, please submit it as a patch.

> And why don't use things how they should be used? 

Once again, I am confused by your question.  Please clarify your
meaning.

> I think there is still a lot of problems in many ports. 

I think we all agree that there is room for improvement.  Since you have
identified many problems, I look forward to your PRs. 

> We must make a big KISS cleanup in the ports tree to make it as good
> as NetBSD' pkgsrc.

Please send PRs or provide specific details; general comments like the
above are not helpful.

-- 
Sahil Tandon <sahil at FreeBSD.org>