Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2013 11:31:04 +0100 From: Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@freebsd.org> To: David Demelier <demelier.david@gmail.com> Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [HEADSUP] New make config UI Message-ID: <20130319103104.GF42160@ithaqua.etoilebsd.net> In-Reply-To: <CAO%2BPfDepQbreU4mmjhMtpDpzmHiDMj6H80EddLgbRSanJWhJhw@mail.gmail.com> References: <20130319094210.GE42160@ithaqua.etoilebsd.net> <CAO%2BPfDepQbreU4mmjhMtpDpzmHiDMj6H80EddLgbRSanJWhJhw@mail.gmail.com>
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--yRA+Bmk8aPhU85Qt Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 11:20:43AM +0100, David Demelier wrote: > 2013/3/19 Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@freebsd.org> >=20 > > Hi all, > > > > Since the work on the new options framework has been started more than 2 > > years > > ago, we faced a problem with the make config interface. > > > > dialog(1) is too limited to be able to represent in a simple UI all the > > features > > proposed by the new framework. > > > > The idea of writing a new UI was born at that time, eadler step in and > > wrote a > > first attempt called dialog4ports using ncurses, but never get into > > completion. > > > > A few month ago Ilya A. Arkhipov decided to jump in that problem and > > restart > > from scratch a new version of dialog4ports, with the help of danfe, ead= ler > > and > > I. > > > > The new version is based on dialog(3), adding to it a new widget (which= is > > planned to be contributed upstream) and a new UI using that widget. > > > > After months of thinking/coding/testing we have been able to switch to > > this new > > UI and get rid of the old dialog(1) for make config. > > > > dialog4ports will live forever within the ports tree allowing to fastly > > improve/fix it if needed and getting the exact same version on all the > > plateforms. > > > > What it currently does: > > - represtend all kind of options in a clean way including > > RADIO/GROUP/MULTI/SINGLE > > - provide a beta quality help dialog (via F1/^E) if a ports provide a > > pkg-help > > file > > - Able to represent description instead of the KNOBS name in section > > titles for > > RADIO/GROUP/SINGLE/MULTI name > > > > Huge thanks to Ilya A. Arkhipov (M1cRO on irc :)) > > > > regards, > > Bapt > > >=20 > Thanks a lot for that work to all contributors. I will try this evening a= nd > see how awesome it is :-). >=20 > One questions I have: >=20 > - Does the dialog4ports installation will be triggered in the pkg > autoremove command since it's a leaf. >=20 > Regards >=20 > --=20 > Demelier David > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" No because it is an explicit installation that is done. regards, Bapt --yRA+Bmk8aPhU85Qt Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAlFIPmgACgkQ8kTtMUmk6ExnwgCgnBTibK6yrf2bbedZ2Xi0as6s 52YAoKYPu+UZbEfL7QphKRyz1TWM6Tnh =CzHI -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --yRA+Bmk8aPhU85Qt--
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