[Buildroot] [PATCH] sconeserver: new package

[Arnout Vandecappelle <arnout@mind.be>]

On 07/27/12 08:45, Thomas Petazzoni wrote:
> I have the same problem with the VLC package currently being proposed
> by Ismael: it has a huge number of sub-options, for each potential
> dependency that the package might use.
>
> On one hand having all these sub-options is a bit annoying, but:
>
>   (*) It allows to have sub-options for things that depend on other
>       libraries, but also for things that don't have dependencies.
>       Otherwise, it's a bit strange: for --enable/--disable flags that
>       don't require dependencies, we have a kconfig option, but for
>       --enable/--disable flags that require dependencies, they get
>       automatically enabled when the required dependency is available.
>
>   (*) You may want to have SSL support in one component of your system,
>       but not necessarily others.

  I think it depends a bit on the situation.  For openssl support, it
makes more sense to just add it when available, because it normally
doesn't increase the size of the binary (much) to have openssl support
enabled.

  However, sconeserver (and vlc as well) are modular packages, which you
can basically view as a collection of sub-packages.  So in that case,
it does make more sense to select which modules you want to have
enabled.

  So for sconeserver, I prefer to keep all the sub-options.  Except
maybe the SSL module, that's not really a separate server but a
library wrapper, so it should probably be selected automatically if
openssl is.

  Regards,
  Arnout

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