[Buildroot] [PATCH] gnuplot : new package

[Stephan Hoffmann <sho@relinux.de>]

Am 04.01.2013 17:26, schrieb Thomas Petazzoni:
> Dear Stephan Hoffmann,
>
> On Fri, 04 Jan 2013 16:32:20 +0100, Stephan Hoffmann wrote:
>
>>> +GNUPLOT_CONF_OPT = --without-x \
>> is there a special reason for this? Why not build with x, when X11 is
>> configured in buildroot?
> I guess because Anthony didn't need X support. It is not because a
> given software component can potentially support feature Y or Z that we
> require the package submitter to support all those features Y or Z. It
> would put way too much load on the initial package submitter.
Hello Thomas,

maybe my question was not clear enough. I just wanted to know if this
option is really required.
> Instead, we prefer having small packages that only support the features
> that have been tested by the submitter, and that carefully disables all
> the unsupported features. And then, as features are needed by other
> people, they can submit additional patches to make those additional
> features work.
O.K., I didn't realize that even when configure finds out that no X11 is
present --without-x is needed for this reason.

For the records: I made a quick test without X11 and it fails to compile
without this option.
> Anthony: a gnuplot patch without the X support is perfectly acceptable.
Of course, this is my opinion, too! I really like seeing it included!

Kind regards

Stephan
>
> Best regards,
>
> Thomas


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