From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 23 06:36:59 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [8.8.178.115]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C249637E for ; Thu, 23 May 2013 06:36:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from delphij@delphij.net) Received: from anubis.delphij.net (anubis.delphij.net [64.62.153.212]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B08DB810 for ; Thu, 23 May 2013 06:36:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: from delphij-macbook.local (c-67-188-85-47.hsd1.ca.comcast.net [67.188.85.47]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by anubis.delphij.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 459C01A4F4; Wed, 22 May 2013 23:36:53 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; d=delphij.net; s=anubis; t=1369291013; bh=red06BkEXEnIHSIwTvArN1xfRBMTWTi/Mt8O5RXHJdc=; h=Date:From:Reply-To:To:Subject:References:In-Reply-To; b=Pe7fPF5NQi6LfV2g+FT81Cr4Q4aVELbRJDNORoJnOZr7k0Yl0v0EE0LeOh49Z10Hh 1fcR06TeMbv+1XJPrVJUsbgVMoRN5rLX8umbNXFaZlwB2FaLQSN64AbEAtWGzqsJch R+ZNjEXrpESbHVfUy3+Mk4w0C6+mzDUDB8fnIrhI= Message-ID: <519DB904.2050209@delphij.net> Date: Wed, 22 May 2013 23:36:52 -0700 From: Xin Li Organization: The FreeBSD Project MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Proposal: do not show up the dialog(1) by default? References: <20130523054541.GH96836@ithaqua.etoilebsd.net> In-Reply-To: <20130523054541.GH96836@ithaqua.etoilebsd.net> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.5.1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list Reply-To: d@delphij.net List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 23 May 2013 06:36:59 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 On 5/22/13 10:45 PM, Baptiste Daroussin wrote: > hi, > > A lot of people seems to be complaining about the configuration > dialog popping up all the time. > > What if we change the default behaviour to not pop up the dialog > each time there is a changed option but only when the user > explicitly type make config? > > Just a proposal, please give your opinion. > > Of course make config-recursive behaviour won't change. I think this would be a good idea. If the a majority of users need to change default options, then the default should be changed. Not really related to the dialog, but maybe, I mean maybe, we can teach package tools to just go ahead download and install package, if the options being chosen matches the package options, if the host system meets certain criteria (e.g. is a supported release or - -CURRENT) and the package is available? Another idea is to collect the options from user, and send it as a feedback (the user have reviewed the default and either accepted it, or have changed). This would help port maintainers to decide which options should be made default, etc. Cheers, -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQEcBAEBCAAGBQJRnbkEAAoJEG80Jeu8UPuzMakH/A9nMM9Q+ndHEEikjaln/zlM 80xGdMqHMObk9nfoz8xY2xIMbTHdTox3FHtFwTEKEuQjGj9rRbMj16sSrPJG1V0Z P/WtIxdBoR7E4ApHIvdE2qBnN3XLTGIDMsk71ZqWPV2z7jUlPkrsUs5sc0shNQkt GcqYIv/teb0QHVlki++RlxYvh/OvFblXJ1K8GTSh0EZ+5LoFvxtuA1pas82BMSCL otlA4kdNb2B6y/FjyRKZ3DULo+Lq95p216WiWKR7P89XidiKF/CJznRHEmC/XpvP cm3v8lj4Vwr7Fp9cA5k/khAU/GBYYZMbQrY6yRuy9x7t6T0emuQbdPMeyX87KdE= =74VA -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----