Date: Wed, 10 May 2006 20:54:34 +0200 From: martinko <martinkov@pobox.sk> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ports structure and improvement suggestions Message-ID: <e3tctb$fc1$2@sea.gmane.org> In-Reply-To: <1147124004.18944.77.camel@ikaros.oook.cz> References: <20060508200926.GA6005@daemons.gr> <20060508212441.GB767@picobyte.net> <1147124004.18944.77.camel@ikaros.oook.cz>
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Pav Lucistnik wrote: > Shaun Amott píše v po 08. 05. 2006 v 22:24 +0100: > > That's a good summary. > >> Unfortunately, the OPTIONS framework is somewhat limited in its current >> state. One problem is that OPTIONS needs to be defined before including >> bsd.port.pre.mk, but then the processing of WITH(OUT)_* variables has to >> be done afterwards. For example, www/horde has a huge list of knobs, but >> only a handful could be converted to OPTIONS because they set variables >> that need to be defined before bsd.port.pre.mk is included. As a >> sidenote, I submitted a simple patch to "fix" this some time ago, but it >> doesn't appear to have had much interest. :-) >> >> Another issue is that the framework only includes support for simple >> checklists: no submenus, no "radio" controls , etc. There's no >> reasonable way - other than spitting out an error message and asking >> the user to try again - of dealing with mutually exclusive knobs in >> OPTIONS. >> >> There is also no space for detailed descriptions of what knobs do inside >> the OPTIONS dialog. It is often easier to make the user look at the >> Makefile for a description and/or print out a message before installing. > > When a set of OPTIONS change between the port versions, user is not > presented with the dialog screen again. > i noticed there's a variable saying which port version read or set the options. couldn't this help the ports system decide whether it's time to display options menu once again ?
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