From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 27 17:43:41 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [8.8.178.115]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 158741BD; Mon, 27 May 2013 17:43:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kob6558@gmail.com) Received: from mail-oa0-f41.google.com (mail-oa0-f41.google.com [209.85.219.41]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CBE83F4; Mon, 27 May 2013 17:43:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-oa0-f41.google.com with SMTP id n9so9122825oag.14 for ; Mon, 27 May 2013 10:43:39 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=i1XOeEAKF+wav8gTTnngsaLoS1APCLwGs1G7p1cmqGk=; b=JJ8o3/BrZuKkr1MNLWEIuOk3SUqxofZfPO3jMrrWZtRZFW3tivq/Bxl6s6uMFTmlFi yISlG0lqDvWEDSPXngK6gEspc8y7XtqB0jMZ+rbZZfdFugA0FOcsa44CRH67oohnN/3w +kQqR6nAM5idk4mCxBHW40ybOTTPQeF0SqznnOasNwfLAx5Su79R5agv0YCaFi8NXcPA bhYjp9jvV5jBKJT/u5Wqgdd4Sv8tjv5ezOc6z1eZHALHZWXQaMAbV+b8oOtnWp8PNHVI hM7mKYFCxu6d7u8VSrjW92LgW0/ougA0OJmyahosqitZU42cjllcRzrhTEJgSUqHGfNG jlTA== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.60.51.194 with SMTP id m2mr4016047oeo.6.1369676619063; Mon, 27 May 2013 10:43:39 -0700 (PDT) Sender: kob6558@gmail.com Received: by 10.76.182.76 with HTTP; Mon, 27 May 2013 10:43:38 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <51A3997E.7040108@FreeBSD.org> References: <20130523054541.GH96836@ithaqua.etoilebsd.net> <51A3997E.7040108@FreeBSD.org> Date: Mon, 27 May 2013 10:43:38 -0700 X-Google-Sender-Auth: KMzRDLXdkUKxA5AYptbAlarcesE Message-ID: Subject: Re: Proposal: do not show up the dialog(1) by default? From: Kevin Oberman To: Matthias Andree Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.14 Cc: FreeBSD Ports ML X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 27 May 2013 17:43:41 -0000 On Mon, May 27, 2013 at 10:35 AM, Matthias Andree 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