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Date:      Fri, 19 Oct 2001 12:15:55 -0500
From:      Will Andrews <will@physics.purdue.edu>
To:        scanner@jurai.net
Cc:        security@FreeBSD.ORG, ports@FreeBSD.ORG, kde@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: your mail
Message-ID:  <20011019121555.V25747@squall.waterspout.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0110191312150.84460-100000@sasami.jurai.net>
References:  <20011019120706.T25747@squall.waterspout.com> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0110191312150.84460-100000@sasami.jurai.net>

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On Fri, Oct 19, 2001 at 01:15:31PM -0400, scanner@jurai.net wrote:
> I think the actual problem isn't so much the message per se, its the fact
> its placed in the wrong place. It should be shown at the *end* of the
> build instead of during the building of kdebase. When you go to build the
> metaport of KDE2 no one wants to sit there watching the output for 12
> hours while it builds. They want to come back and see the familiar
> "everything built ok" and then install it. If you place it as the message
> at the end of the build *alot* more people would see the
> message. Otherwise no one is going to catch it. Just my $.02.

Yeah, I'm aware of that.  Unfortunately, there is nothing I can
do about that, because people might be invoking the kdebase port
from anywhere.  So it's a general ports problem.  :\

-- 
wca

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