From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 20 23:24:10 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 05F451065735 for ; Fri, 20 Mar 2009 23:24:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from talon@lpthe.jussieu.fr) Received: from shiva.jussieu.fr (shiva.jussieu.fr [134.157.0.129]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8D89A8FC08 for ; Fri, 20 Mar 2009 23:24:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from talon@lpthe.jussieu.fr) Received: from parthe.lpthe.jussieu.fr (parthe.lpthe.jussieu.fr [134.157.10.1]) by shiva.jussieu.fr (8.14.3/jtpda-5.4) with ESMTP id n2KMFDTD080801 for ; Fri, 20 Mar 2009 23:15:13 +0100 (CET) X-Ids: 166 Received: from niobe.lpthe.jussieu.fr (niobe.lpthe.jussieu.fr [134.157.10.41]) by parthe.lpthe.jussieu.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5823B8A29D for ; Fri, 20 Mar 2009 23:15:12 +0100 (CET) Received: by niobe.lpthe.jussieu.fr (Postfix, from userid 2005) id 2900015; Fri, 20 Mar 2009 23:15:12 +0100 (CET) Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 23:15:11 +0100 From: Michel Talon To: ports@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20090320221511.GA36817@lpthe.jussieu.fr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.0.1 (shiva.jussieu.fr [134.157.0.166]); Fri, 20 Mar 2009 23:15:13 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.94.2/9145/Fri Mar 20 15:59:16 2009 on shiva.jussieu.fr X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Miltered: at jchkmail.jussieu.fr with ID 49C41571.001 by Joe's j-chkmail (http : // j-chkmail dot ensmp dot fr)! X-j-chkmail-Enveloppe: 49C41571.001/134.157.10.1/parthe.lpthe.jussieu.fr/parthe.lpthe.jussieu.fr/ X-j-chkmail-Score: MSGID : 49C41571.001 on jchkmail.jussieu.fr : j-chkmail score : . : R=. U=. O=. B=0.033 -> S=0.033 X-j-chkmail-Status: Ham Cc: Subject: Re: mtools vs X11 (Re: FreeBSD Port: syslinux-3.72) X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 23:24:10 -0000 Steven Kreuzer wrote: > Can we consider people who use the CLI an advanced user? If so, the > expectation that they will be able to build a port with -DWITHOUT_X11 > is not unreasonable. > People who are more likely to use the GUI are the ones who will not be > aware of the WITHOUT_X11 knob. And the end user who uses prepackaged packages will get mtools with a totally useless GUI. I have hard time beleiving you are not trolling with such theories. -- Michel TALON