From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 8 21:33:35 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5AC8A16A427 for ; Mon, 8 May 2006 21:33:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pav@FreeBSD.org) Received: from hood.oook.cz (hood.oook.cz [195.250.137.134]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4E93E43D48 for ; Mon, 8 May 2006 21:33:31 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from pav@FreeBSD.org) Received: from ikaros.oook.cz (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by hood.oook.cz (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k48LXPkh022030 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Mon, 8 May 2006 23:33:25 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from pav@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from pav@localhost) by ikaros.oook.cz (8.13.6/8.13.6/Submit) id k48LXP4l022027; Mon, 8 May 2006 23:33:25 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from pav@FreeBSD.org) X-Authentication-Warning: ikaros.oook.cz: pav set sender to pav@FreeBSD.org using -f From: Pav Lucistnik To: Shaun Amott In-Reply-To: <20060508212441.GB767@picobyte.net> References: <20060508200926.GA6005@daemons.gr> <20060508212441.GB767@picobyte.net> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-T9og7WwIkzc3mZzWSHo7" Date: Mon, 08 May 2006 23:33:24 +0200 Message-Id: <1147124004.18944.77.camel@ikaros.oook.cz> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.6.1 FreeBSD GNOME Team Port Cc: Sideris Michael , freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: ports structure and improvement suggestions X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: pav@FreeBSD.org List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 08 May 2006 21:33:37 -0000 --=-T9og7WwIkzc3mZzWSHo7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-2 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Shaun Amott p=ED=B9e 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. :-) >=20 > 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. >=20 > 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. --=20 Pav Lucistnik Pain clots and unformed lice pat this train. --=-T9og7WwIkzc3mZzWSHo7 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: Toto je =?iso-8859-2?Q?digit=E1ln=EC?= =?ISO-8859-1?Q?_podepsan=E1?= =?iso-8859-2?Q?_=E8=E1st?= =?ISO-8859-1?Q?_zpr=E1vy?= -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBEX7kkntdYP8FOsoIRAocpAJ9SsIXFOMlDJ4W/toOIWOeY/3eWSwCfYA5j j3xFXSUrmSe1EgIeVUwIMRM= =DPxY -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-T9og7WwIkzc3mZzWSHo7--