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On 5/23/2013 11:25, Vitaly Magerya wrote:
>>> I think it is not good idea, because if user don't know regarding
>>> options in ports he should do a make config and if it not exist
>>> should do a make install in this case we have two action..
>>> Maybe other way for fix these frequent "popping" add needed options to make.conf
>>
>> I like the suggestion that if the dialog consists only of globally set
>> options (NLS, DOC, etc) then it shouldn't appear by default.
>
> Except the cases when those options pull in additional dependencies.
>
> In those cases either the dialog should be shown, or the options should
> be disabled by default.

The issue is that _by definition_ these options are enabled by default.
I'm not sure I agree that an always-enabled option should trigger a 
dialog just because it has dependencies.  Doesn't NLS have dependencies? 
  That would already negate the benefit greatly if this suggestion were 
followed.