On Thu, 23 May 2013 16:51:40 +0200 Florent Peterschmitt <flor...@peterschmitt.fr> wrote:
> Le 23/05/2013 08:36, Xin Li a écrit : > > 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. > > What you're thinking about is a sort of intelligent dialog ? > > In my opinion, dialog should *not* pop-up and take options like this: > > * A default option changed by user has changed -> take user's one > * All default options unchanged by user -> take new defaults That way it's impossible to ever change default options for a port though, otherwise users which were happy with the previous default configuration end up in big trouble on update - unless ports is smart enough to tell that the installed versions was built using a port skeleton that had a different set of default options. -- Michael Gmelin _______________________________________________ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
