From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 21 00:06:49 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC1EB1065670 for ; Sat, 21 Mar 2009 00:06:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from steven@hudson-trading.com) Received: from exprod7og107.obsmtp.com (exprod7og107.obsmtp.com [64.18.2.167]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 455FF8FC1A for ; Sat, 21 Mar 2009 00:06:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from steven@hudson-trading.com) Received: from source ([209.85.221.104]) by exprod7ob107.postini.com ([64.18.6.12]) with SMTP ID DSNKScQvmCiYIlvrw8U4b04uUdrFoiK1vy9W@postini.com; Fri, 20 Mar 2009 17:06:49 PDT Received: by qyk2 with SMTP id 2so1506980qyk.23 for ; Fri, 20 Mar 2009 17:06:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.224.45.210 with SMTP id g18mr6525112qaf.171.1237592423022; Fri, 20 Mar 2009 16:40:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?10.2.200.231? ([209.249.190.8]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 9sm5200814ywf.46.2009.03.20.16.40.21 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Fri, 20 Mar 2009 16:40:22 -0700 (PDT) Sender: Steven Kreuzer Message-Id: <4BB05D9B-99FE-4C69-86D8-D06C0FD20B46@exit2shell.com> From: Steven Kreuzer To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <20090320221511.GA36817@lpthe.jussieu.fr> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v930.3) Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 19:40:20 -0400 References: <20090320221511.GA36817@lpthe.jussieu.fr> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.930.3) 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: Sat, 21 Mar 2009 00:06:50 -0000 On Mar 20, 2009, at 6:15 PM, Michel Talon wrote: > 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. As I said in a previous email, you are more then welcome to fork the port and modify it in whatever way you please. When you do so, open a PR and I will gladly commit it for you. Take a look at net/cvsup and net/cvsup-without-gui if you need inspiration -- Steven Kreuzer http://www.exit2shell.com/~skreuzer