From owner-freebsd-ports Sat Jul 20 10:10:51 2002 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 CD34437B400; Sat, 20 Jul 2002 10:10:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mailout03.sul.t-online.com (mailout03.sul.t-online.com [194.25.134.81]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E61D343E64; Sat, 20 Jul 2002 10:10:47 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from corecode@corecode.ath.cx) Received: from fwd02.sul.t-online.de by mailout03.sul.t-online.com with smtp id 17Vxkk-0004Qc-02; Sat, 20 Jul 2002 19:10:46 +0200 Received: from spirit.zuhause.stoert.net (320050403952-0001@[217.224.161.46]) by fmrl02.sul.t-online.com with esmtp id 17Vxka-2CpTqCC; Sat, 20 Jul 2002 19:10:36 +0200 Received: from terrorfish.uni.stoert.net (terrorfish.uni.stoert.net [10.150.180.178]) by spirit.zuhause.stoert.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g6KHAZQ83245; Sat, 20 Jul 2002 19:10:35 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from corecode@corecode.ath.cx) Received: from terrorfish.uni.stoert.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by terrorfish.uni.stoert.net (8.12.5/8.12.5) with ESMTP id g6KH9GMB024906; Sat, 20 Jul 2002 19:09:16 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from corecode@terrorfish.uni.stoert.net) Received: (from corecode@localhost) by terrorfish.uni.stoert.net (8.12.5/8.12.5/Submit) id g6KH9GBX024905; Sat, 20 Jul 2002 19:09:16 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from corecode) Date: Sat, 20 Jul 2002 19:09:09 +0200 From: "Simon 'corecode' Schubert" To: Nik Clayton Cc: ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Proposed new 'options' target Message-Id: <20020720190909.458442de.corecode@corecode.ath.cx> In-Reply-To: <20020720162928.GD37802@clan.nothing-going-on.org> References: <20020720162928.GD37802@clan.nothing-going-on.org> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.7.8claws (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd5.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=.dYxDWm(zshZBOq" X-Sender: 320050403952-0001@t-dialin.net Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org --=.dYxDWm(zshZBOq Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Sat, 20 Jul 2002 17:29:28 +0100 Nik Clayton wrote: > I'm not a regular on the ports list, so please cc: me on any replies. > > Many ports have a number of options that can be set on the command line. > For example, take a look at the ftp/pure-ftpd port, and it's Makefile. [...] > In order to see the options that a port supports, run > > # make options > > Options are enabled in one of two ways: > > ... that's a good quick hack[tm] but it doesn't prevent the port options from being scrolled off screen when building and doesn't increase usability very much. i'll try and come up with a patch in the 32th week which will (hopefully) include these features: o ask for options via dialog or tcl/tk when port is building o if/iff no options were chosen before o save options while building and with the package o retrieve options from already installed package o use options versioning this would be a major leap towards better usability. with a standardized frontend much more ports would be able to support options. this is my proposal. comments and flames welcome. patches too ;] cheers simon -- /"\ http://corecode.ath.cx/#donate \ / \ ASCII Ribbon Campaign / \ Against HTML Mail and News --=.dYxDWm(zshZBOq Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE9OZk8r5S+dk6z85oRAu4dAKC0/biM07ZhvcFnTLM5XjWbXY6XhQCg4Jk3 be57GKQHRVEx7bJI9Re9MH4= =auQh -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=.dYxDWm(zshZBOq-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message