Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2004 10:29:30 +0200 From: Dominik Epple <epple@tphys.physik.uni-tuebingen.de> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Single-Letter Port Names Message-ID: <20040421082930.GA1708@axion01.tphys.physik.uni-tuebingen.de> In-Reply-To: <200404201122.01824.vangyzen@stat.duke.edu> References: <200404192007.04848.vangyzen@stat.duke.edu> <200404192026.56856.vangyzen@stat.duke.edu> <20040420021016.GA20421@aurema.com> <200404201122.01824.vangyzen@stat.duke.edu>
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On Tue, Apr 20, 2004 at 11:22:01AM -0400, Eric van Gyzen wrote: > > If you're reducing this to a single package, please do not have it > > default to *any* size, but require all users to set their size by some > > means at install or run time. An environment variable in /etc/profile > > (or similar) should be good enough for this, and could possibly > > benefit other ports too. Perhaps this does not fit here, but: One of the most annoying things that can happen when doing sth like a "portupgrade -ra" (or similar) is when a port thinks it should ask the user a question and therefore the machine idles for, say, worst case, some days waiting for the user to select a paper size or whatever. I usually do not sit in front of a computer while it is recompiling all its packages, and when I check back and find the machine waiting for input instead of having completed the upgrade, I am annoyed. Just my 0.02 EUR. Regards, Dominik.
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