Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2012 00:46:00 +0300 From: Ion-Mihai Tetcu <itetcu@FreeBSD.org> To: perryh@pluto.rain.com Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org, annulen@yandex.ru, kob6558@gmail.com, nacho319@gmail.com Subject: Re: port variants Message-ID: <20120416004600.225bb4c6@it.buh.tecnik93.com> In-Reply-To: <4f8966e2.OcinJeOK1WxrXm51%perryh@pluto.rain.com> References: <CAG_PEexDO2Shk_46RYpKyjpYakAGYp1mwPU7C=QUM7HbAdnNug@mail.gmail.com> <CAOjFWZ4womjueyvF4o6Yc_bQb2_DwoV5hMPJNx8EpqUaUCOFbw@mail.gmail.com> <0E61DE82-499B-47EF-9EEA-F9F3EB166A0A@gmail.com> <866281334347264@web24.yandex.ru> <CAN6yY1sEhiP51WDxAkYu7%2BbMknSeNWet7BmHNfHj2ML8ZzxtuQ@mail.gmail.com> <4f8966e2.OcinJeOK1WxrXm51%perryh@pluto.rain.com>
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--Sig_/K//c5RuTwPJRjeUVPgyloeB Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, 14 Apr 2012 05:00:34 -0700 perryh@pluto.rain.com wrote: > Kevin Oberman <kob6558@gmail.com> wrote: >=20 > > While I think makefile-options is the way to go, I should also > > point out that for the specific case of emacs and X11, it is > > not used due to the very large differences. Other "variants" > > are handled via options, but there are separate emacs and > > emacs-nox11 ports. > > ... > > The port maintainer/developer has to make a call as to which > > approach is more practical, but I suspect portmgr@ will press > > for maximum use of makefile-options. Unfortunately we can't force anyone to use OPTIONS. Yet. I hope things will change once we get OPTIONS-NG in, since the new framework will address (AFAIK) all the objections people have against our current OPTIONS. > One reason to use a slave port instead of an option is so that both > configurations will be routinely build-tested, and corresponding > packages made available. Any one port can have only one "default" > configuration. Yes. We're lagging behind in this area. With the new OPTIONS and the next iteration of pkgNG, this will be hopefully solved. BUt it will take at least a year. --=20 IOnut - Un^d^dregistered ;) FreeBSD "user" "Intellectual Property" is nowhere near as valuable as "Intellect" FreeBSD committer -> itetcu@FreeBSD.org, PGP Key ID 057E9F8B493A297B --Sig_/K//c5RuTwPJRjeUVPgyloeB Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAk+LQZgACgkQJ7GIuiH/oeXC5ACdGG24TZpV8s6en6GqKPVW/EQL MlUAn1WSMMcHeRBVTeh3BB5GoQH0D1+/ =pR+Q -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/K//c5RuTwPJRjeUVPgyloeB--
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