Date: Wed, 10 May 2006 18:08:14 -0400 From: serge.gagnon@b2b2c.ca (Serge Gagnon) To: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ports structure and improvement suggestions Message-ID: <0IZ200EEKLHRA0P0@VL-MH-MR001.ip.videotron.ca> In-Reply-To: <e3tn23$l6i$1@sea.gmane.org> References: <20060508205703.GA11215@daemons.gr> <200605082120.k48LKxSi006193@peedub.jennejohn.org> <20060508213035.GA73976@daemons.gr> <0IYY001DYWNE9C51@VL-MH-MR002.ip.videotron.ca> <e3tc7q$d7o$1@sea.gmane.org> <0IZ2000IVDQ5UB80@VL-MO-MR004.ip.videotron.ca> <e3tn23$l6i$1@sea.gmane.org>
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>>>>> On Wed, 10 May 2006, "martinko" == martinko wrote: martinko> Serge Gagnon wrote: +> Secondo, I think that most of the users know approximatly what this or +> that port do and if they have to modify their build with WITH/WITHOUT +> or not. Just my point of view again. martinko> yes, you're basically right. fiddling with too many options at martinko> one time scares me, too. :) martinko> on the other hand, it's not that users wouldn't know what their martinko> ports are about. it's that they wouldn't know of switches that martinko> might be available for them. and no, i wouldn't agree with "if martinko> you don't know about it, you don't need it". ;-) How do think that they'll know about what these ports need or not to be built correctly if they don't know about these ports itself ? +> However, if such a system will be put in place, I think that the idea +> of asking the user once and at the beginning of the build processe is a +> good one. I like to start a big build then go to sleep and not thinking +> that my station is, perhaps, asking me something or not. +> I'm just scared about the fact that I can't imagine myself answering a +> listing of one miles long before building a port even if it's just one +> time at the beginning and that these options will be saved. And asking +> again to this same listing if I want to change these options. martinko> you always can define a batch mode and you won't be prompted, martinko> defaults will be used. If you think that this modification is for new user, I think that you're wrong. Re-read what I wrote above. They'll answer a lot of things that they know nothing about and when they will finaly find that they can define a BATCH=YES-like, this is what they'll do for sure. -- GAGNON serge <serge.gagnon@b2b2c.ca> PGP KEY-ID: 0xBBC1478F PGP Fingerprint: B48B 4633 28F5 28F6 7A62 5650 69C8 E293 BBC1 478F PPG Key: http://quenix2.dyndns.org:7777 | telnet quenix2.dyndns.org 7777 Cvsdadm: Tool for CVSd pserver user administration http://quenix2.dyndns.org:8080/Unix-soft/cvsdadm.html
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