Date: Fri, 05 Apr 2013 12:40:07 +0000 From: Max Brazhnikov <makc@freebsd.org> To: Sunpoet Po-Chuan Hsieh <sunpoet@freebsd.org> Cc: svn-ports-head@freebsd.org, Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@freebsd.org>, Eitan Adler <eadler@freebsd.org>, svn-ports-all@freebsd.org, ports-committers <ports-committers@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: svn commit: r315222 - in head: devel/qdevelop games/warmux graphics/xaos math/qtiplot multimedia/minitube print/hplip textproc/qstardict Message-ID: <33299091.KSdYOtgceu@mercury.ph.man.ac.uk> In-Reply-To: <CAMHz58TjHwW9iKb2jSSBUrWk-zqt4%2B4PDfxxcqBZVxShg_YjTA@mail.gmail.com> References: <201303251359.r2PDxIXf035701@svn.freebsd.org> <CAF6rxgkipVS-gneKbOO-zFyUm=W3AeffBDGd2EegcUt8iXufDw@mail.gmail.com> <CAMHz58TjHwW9iKb2jSSBUrWk-zqt4%2B4PDfxxcqBZVxShg_YjTA@mail.gmail.com>
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On Thu, 04 Apr 2013 17:24:32 +0800 Sunpoet Po-Chuan Hsieh wrote: > I think these options can be used globally and also per port. These options > are just on by default via bsd.options.mk. Users should be able to turn > them off through options dialog while building/installing specific port. I > think it has higher possibility that one user wants to install > documentation/examples of *some ports but not all ports*. As a result, we > should keep those options. At least we shall not always hide them. > > If maintainers think these options are annoying, they could put them to the > end of OPTIONS_DEFINE. We don't disagree about DOCS/NSL/etc options, when a ports already defines other options. The question is should these options be in OPTIONS_DEFINE if they are the only options provided by the port (read: allow option dialog to pop up with trivial option set for virtually every port)? Max > On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 10:57 AM, Eitan Adler <eadler@freebsd.org> wrote: > > > On 27 March 2013 22:53, Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@freebsd.org> wrote: > > > On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 01:59:18PM +0000, Max Brazhnikov wrote: > > >> New Revision: 315222 > > >> URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/ports/315222 > > >> > > >> - Remove OPTIONS_DEFINE, if it contains only global options > > > > > > Can you elaborate on this one? Given that there is no clear policy, > > > personally I've been always including OPTIONS_DEFINE, even if just for, > > say, > > > DOCS. > > > > Options such as IPV6, DOCS, EXAMPLES, and NLS are generally set > > globally (e.g., OPTIONS_UNSET= NLS) and not per port. As such, it can > > reduce user annoyance if the dialog box is not shown for such options. > > > > > > > > -- > > Eitan Adler > > Source, Ports, Doc committer > > Bugmeister, Ports Security teams > >
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