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Date:      Fri, 26 Apr 2013 03:51:32 +0000
From:      Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Alex Kozlov <ak@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        svn-ports-head@freebsd.org, svn-ports-all@freebsd.org, ports-committers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r316515 - head/graphics/gdk-pixbuf2
Message-ID:  <20130426035132.GA77202@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <201304251344.r3PDid1c079303@svn.freebsd.org>
References:  <201304251344.r3PDid1c079303@svn.freebsd.org>

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On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 01:44:39PM +0000, Alex Kozlov wrote:
> New Revision: 316515
> URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/ports/316515
> 
> <...>
>   - Remove NLS from options, it's handled globally

It looks like we do need a policy on this issue.  Recently it was discussed
(google for "Re: svn commit: r315222") again for example.

I personally think that all options should be listed in OPTIONS_DEFINE, even
the global ones.  The nice thing here that if some option(s) will migrate
their local<->global status, we would not have to change OPTIONS_DEFINE in
thousands places across the tree.  It would also mean no diversity; right
now some people list them, while some don't.

As for addressing the annoyance part of the question, it should be solved
with separate knob, settable in /etc/make.conf, that users can set to skip
the global options in dialog (or disable skipping if it's on by default).
OPTIONS_DEFINE should not be abused for this purpose.

./danfe



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