Date: Sat, 20 Jul 2002 12:56:40 -0500 From: Will Andrews <will@csociety.org> To: Simon 'corecode' Schubert <corecode@corecode.ath.cx> Cc: Nik Clayton <nik@FreeBSD.ORG>, ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Proposed new 'options' target Message-ID: <20020720175640.GI52296@squall.waterspout.com> In-Reply-To: <20020720190909.458442de.corecode@corecode.ath.cx> References: <20020720162928.GD37802@clan.nothing-going-on.org> <20020720190909.458442de.corecode@corecode.ath.cx>
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On Sat, Jul 20, 2002 at 07:09:09PM +0200, Simon 'corecode' Schubert wrote: > that's a good quick hack[tm] but it doesn't prevent the port options > from being scrolled off screen when building and doesn't increase > usability very much. > > i'll try and come up with a patch in the 32th week which will > (hopefully) include these features: > o ask for options via dialog or tcl/tk when port is building > o if/iff no options were chosen before > o save options while building and with the package > o retrieve options from already installed package > o use options versioning > > this would be a major leap towards better usability. with a standardized > frontend much more ports would be able to support options. > > this is my proposal. comments and flames welcome. patches too ;] I like it. Does anyone else have implementations they've finished which have never been committed? I'd like to pick one and go with it, fix problems later. Right now is a pretty good time for this kind of thing, since 4.7 is still a few months away. Nik, I looked at your patch. I think (but would have to ask gnome@) that WITH_GNOME check should go in bsd.gnomeng.mk. And as Simon says, the interface should be flexible, allowing people to choose from dialog, gui, or perhaps cli, what you implemented. Regards, -- wca To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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