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On 06/07/2013 12:56 PM, David O'Brien wrote:
> On Sat, May 25, 2013 at 09:50:50AM +0100, Chris Rees wrote:
>> For years, people have been begging him to get over his fear of
>> OPTIONS, and he sits in the way of progress against almost everyone's
>> wishes.
> It's funny -- it's not just my fear of options -- every FreeBSD using 
> co-worker I talk to frequently about OPTIONS do not like them either.
>

Um... What?! If you don't like options, use packages. The ports system
is specifically designed to allow the user to *CHOOSE THEIR BUILD
OPTIONS*. How is this so difficult to understand?

-Janketh Jay