Date: Mon, 27 May 2013 10:43:38 -0700 From: Kevin Oberman <rkoberman@gmail.com> To: Matthias Andree <mandree@freebsd.org> Cc: FreeBSD Ports ML <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Proposal: do not show up the dialog(1) by default? Message-ID: <CAN6yY1tdfGKV6C8jEO9Sg-J64TpA8RXQ6XT7MV25Pmwi=dU=Eg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <51A3997E.7040108@FreeBSD.org> References: <20130523054541.GH96836@ithaqua.etoilebsd.net> <51A3997E.7040108@FreeBSD.org>
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On Mon, May 27, 2013 at 10:35 AM, Matthias Andree <mandree@freebsd.org>wrot= e: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Am 23.05.2013 07:45, schrieb Baptiste Daroussin: > > hi, > > > > A lot of people seems to be complaining about the configuration dialog > popping > > up all the time. > > > > What if we change the default behaviour to not pop up the dialog each > time there > > is a changed option but only when the user explicitly type make config? > > > > Just a proposal, please give your opinion. > > > > Of course make config-recursive behaviour won't change. > > This would subvert the whole options story. > > I propose to not show the dialog for standard options, such as DOCS (n=C3= =A9e > PORTDOCS), EXAMPLES, NLS and thereabouts. > > And IF we show-on-changed, we need to highlight the changed options and > place the cursor on the first displayed one, to not waste everybody's tim= e. > YES! I get tired of looking through the looooong list of options for ports like ffmpeg or apache trying to spot the change! Some highlight or visible flag would be very nice. --=20 R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer E-mail: rkoberman@gmail.com
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