Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2013 18:43:11 -0400 From: Eitan Adler <eadler@freebsd.org> To: Emanuel Haupt <ehaupt@freebsd.org> Cc: svn-ports-head@freebsd.org, svn-ports-all@freebsd.org, ports-committers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r316032 - head/Mk Message-ID: <CAF6rxgnpjAteUCxkqa%2BTYumJ9qtaRycETEmAtUTtGk%2BJrusjfw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20130418202358.b96f97ab7e74c8d7e239b0e0@FreeBSD.org> References: <201304180944.r3I9iTVl094098@svn.freebsd.org> <CAF6rxgkVS=32XwRXxkCj3gHjMDCqxGaDGf6d5h9tK-HxLZhV1g@mail.gmail.com> <20130418202358.b96f97ab7e74c8d7e239b0e0@FreeBSD.org>
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On 18 April 2013 14:23, Emanuel Haupt <ehaupt@freebsd.org> wrote: > Eitan Adler <eadler@freebsd.org> wrote: >> On 18 April 2013 05:44, Emanuel Haupt <ehaupt@freebsd.org> wrote: >> > Author: ehaupt >> > Date: Thu Apr 18 09:44:29 2013 >> > New Revision: 316032 >> > URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/ports/316032 >> > >> > Log: >> > Add NCURSES description >> > >> > Feature safe: yes >> > >> > Modified: >> > head/Mk/bsd.options.desc.mk >> > >> "NCURSES support" is implicit from the name "NCURSES". >> >> What features do ports provide when they depend on ncurses? > > In the case of net/httping it provides a ncurses based frontend. > Looking at other ports 'NCURSES frontend' might be more suitable: > > /usr/ports/security/pinentry/Makefile:NCURSES_DESC= Curses frontend > /usr/ports/mail/mutt/Makefile:NCURSES_DESC= Ncurses support > /usr/ports/astro/gpsd/Makefile:NCURSES_DESC= Build with ncurses(3) > /usr/ports/audio/mous/Makefile:NCURSES_DESC= Ncurses frontend > /usr/ports/sysutils/conky/Makefile:NCURSES_DESC= Use ncurses to draw on terminals > /usr/ports/lang/fpc-units/Makefile:NCURSES_DESC= Interface to ncurses library > /usr/ports/multimedia/vlc/Makefile:NCURSES_DESC= ncurses (console) interface > > Thoughts? Perhaps one of "TUI Interface support" "Console Interface support" Users may not know what ncurses does. -- Eitan Adler Source, Ports, Doc committer Bugmeister, Ports Security teams
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