Date: Sat, 7 Jun 2003 22:05:20 +0200 From: Clement Laforet <sheepkiller@cultdeadsheep.org> To: Mike Patterson <mpatters@cs.uwaterloo.ca> Cc: ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Build options question Message-ID: <20030607220520.2ee084ec.sheepkiller@cultdeadsheep.org> In-Reply-To: <1055014959.38199.2.camel@comrie> References: <1055014959.38199.2.camel@comrie>
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On 07 Jun 2003 15:42:41 -0400 Mike Patterson <mpatters@cs.uwaterloo.ca> wrote: > At the risk of starting another bikeshed discussion: is it generally > preferred that ports with many options disable those options by > default, or enable them? > > I ask because I'm preparing to update deskutils/logjam2 to the new > release version, and last version I made it disable the extra stuff > (XMMS music detection, using gtkhtml, etc) by default, but I'm > wondering if that's the preferred behaviour. Hi Mike, IMHO, it depends to port. The best way to make a "multi options end-user desktop port" is mplayer port (i.e. autodetect and messages to notify available non-selected/detected knobs). Default options (i.e. for packages building) are your choice. Personnaly, I would choose more useful/common options. I just have a look at your port, I think the best way is a "mplayer-like ports". That's all folks :) Regards, clem
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