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FS#33794 - [nginx] GeoIP dependency

Attached to Project: Community Packages
Opened by Les Aker (akerl) - Sunday, 10 February 2013, 06:44 GMT
Last edited by Bartłomiej Piotrowski (Barthalion) - Sunday, 10 February 2013, 10:42 GMT
Task Type Feature Request
Category Packages
Status Closed
Assigned To Sergej Pupykin (sergej)
Bartłomiej Piotrowski (Barthalion)
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 1
Private No

Details

It appears that as of the following commit, the nginx package has added geoip (and subsequently geoip-database) as a dependency:

https://projects.archlinux.org/svntogit/community.git/commit/trunk?h=packages/nginx&id=369699e84c4a954e53f1ca995a67eccd5c1fad98

While I have no doubt that some people find the geoip module very useful, it seems that adding the geoip dependency for all users of the package goes against the Arch philosophy; if a user wants geoip support in Nginx, they're certainly able to add it to their installation, but I'm not sure it should be the default.

IMO, this should be either switched to an optional dependency or removed.

- Les
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Closed by  Bartłomiej Piotrowski (Barthalion)
Sunday, 10 February 2013, 10:42 GMT
Reason for closing:  Won't fix

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