Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2013 11:56:51 -0700 From: Kevin Oberman <rkoberman@gmail.com> To: Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@freebsd.org> Cc: ports@freebsd.org, Steve Wills <swills@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: [CFT] New dialog for ports Message-ID: <CAN6yY1s2jE5ANE9P1Zn_QMJu3K2z4hF9HCoBf_oL=eXDH52qCw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20130320141244.GP67352@ithaqua.etoilebsd.net> References: <20130314095529.GH53963@ithaqua.etoilebsd.net> <51492152.2010709@FreeBSD.org> <20130320070957.GK67352@ithaqua.etoilebsd.net> <3b3e70c0c550b64c4f295e0479d0e681.squirrel@mouf.net> <20130320141244.GP67352@ithaqua.etoilebsd.net>
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On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 7:12 AM, Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@freebsd.org> wrote: > On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 10:07:15AM -0400, Steve Wills wrote: >> > >> > I wonder if it is worth to let the question to install dialog4ports. >> > >> > I mean dialog4ports being mandatory you should just be installed directly >> > doesn't it? >> > >> > anyone have an opinion about this? >> > >> > I will remove the question on 27/03 if I got more please do than please >> > don't at >> > that time. >> >> The question does lead one to think it's optional. If it's not optional, >> then there shouldn't be a prompt. I think it should be optional. IMHO, the >> requirement being mandator violates POLA, as does the prompt. These are >> questions that should have been answered before it was committed. >> >> Steve >> >> > > Why would dialog4ports be optional, the dialog(1) from base isn't able to > reflect what the new option framwork does, keeping it and both code to have > both, looks like a non sense to me. bapt, I think you may be missing the point. It's not whether dialog4ports should be default, it's whether you should be ASKED if you want to install it. It's now a dependency of the ports system and, like other dependencies, should just be installed without asking questions. I suspect that, for the most part, you are in violent agreement with those asking THE QUERY, not dialog4ports, to be removed. -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer E-mail: rkoberman@gmail.com
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