Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2015 15:11:37 +0100 From: Guido Falsi <madpilot@FreeBSD.org> To: Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.org>, Gerald Pfeifer <gerald@pfeifer.com> Cc: John Marino <marino@freebsd.org>, Adam Weinberger <adamw@adamw.org>, ports-committers@freebsd.org, svn-ports-all@freebsd.org, svn-ports-head@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r388648 - in head/net: asterisk11 asterisk13 Message-ID: <5640A999.1050307@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20151109130052.GA95999@FreeBSD.org> References: <201506052330.t55NUBZL020965@svn.freebsd.org> <alpine.LSU.2.20.1511082001320.2548@anthias> <564044BC.5050203@FreeBSD.org> <alpine.LSU.2.20.1511091255000.2548@anthias> <56408CCC.20302@marino.st> <56408FE3.9040105@marino.st> <alpine.LSU.2.20.1511091339330.2548@anthias> <20151109130052.GA95999@FreeBSD.org>
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On 11/09/15 14:00, Alexey Dokuchaev wrote: > On Mon, Nov 09, 2015 at 01:45:37PM +0100, Gerald Pfeifer wrote: >> On Mon, 9 Nov 2015, John Marino wrote: >>> "current GCC" is a bit confusing to me. Do you mean "Ports GCC"? >>> Or "appropriate GCC" ? I think the wording would confuse users too. > > +1; "current GCC" is a bit vague; certainly seasoned ports hackers would > know what it means, but for user Joe it might not be immediately clear > when this message pops up in dialog(1) without ^C'ing and reading the > Makefile. > >> I guess the full version would be "Use GCC, just not the crappy old >> version in base of older versions of FreeBSD" (except for lang/gambit-c >> and cad/ghdl). >> >> Perhaps >> >> GCC_DESC?= Use GCC (from ports) > > I'd vote for "Use modern GCC (from ports)" or "Build with modern GCC". > I agree with the idea, really. I just feel compelled to point out one detail, the GCC option could also used to indicate the port should compile using any GCC, also including the one included in base. Usually this does not happen just because depending on ports GCC exclusively is easier than allowing base one too. I agree this is really a minor issue. -- Guido Falsi <madpilot@FreeBSD.org>
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