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On Sat, Jun 09, 2012 at 09:35:12AM -0700, Doug Barton wrote:
> On 06/06/2012 22:27, Dave Hayes wrote:
> > Personally, a 'pkg-options-descr' text file would suit me just fine.
>=20
> For those on -ports, the context is, "How do we provide more information
> about what the various options mean?" This idea seems reasonable to me,
> what do others think?
>=20
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There was a PR[1] to use some dialog(1) feature to expose it to the user, w=
ould be
nice if that extended description could implemented that way (using help bu=
tton
=66rom dialog(1)) I do not plan to work on this now if someone want to do i=
t that
will be great

1: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=3Dports/123185

regards,
Bapt

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