On Mon, Feb 04, 2013 at 07:53:39PM +0100, René Ladan wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 04-02-2013 19:19, Baptiste Daroussin wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I have some improvements to the ports tree to propose, and I'm > > looking for testers/opinions > > > > First let me explain: > > > > I want to introduce a new USE_FEATURES macro into the ports tree > > > > The goal of this macros is to be able to standardize how we call > > all the USE_* things as well as creating some "load on demand" code > > for a corresponding feature. > > > > What I expect in long term is to get a more readable bsd.port.mk & > > friends, meaning easier to maintain > > > > I except some performance improvements given that make will have to > > parse less things. > > > > I also expect less complexity if bsd.*.mk code. > > > > What will have is all/most of the code corresponding to a > > USE_SOMETHING right now will endup in a Mk/features/something.mk > > which will be loaded only if the ports defines: USE_FEATURES= > > something > > > > the loading is done at the very early stage of bsd.port.post.mk to > > allow one to load modify USE_FEATURES depending on some options > > etc. > > > > each features/*.mk is itself protected by a variable to avoid multi > > loading of the same file > > > > if a feature depends on another one the feature itself just have to > > ".include" the other one. > > > This sounds like a good idea to me. > > > As a proof of concept I made the following: USE_FEATURES= gmake > > (with a compatibility for USE_GMAKE to allow migration) > > USE_FEATURES= iconv (with a compatibility for USE_ICONV to allow > > migration) USE_FEATURES= motif (with no compatibility as I have > > switched all the USE_MOTIF ports to use it) USE_FEATURES= fise > > (with no compatibility as I have switched all the USE_FUSE to use > > it) USE_FEATURES= display (with no compatibilify as I have switched > > all the USE_DISPLAY to use it) USE_FEATURES= pathfix (which is the > > equivalent of USE_GNOME= gnomehack without the need to loading the > > whole bsd.gnome.mk) > > > > The very long term goal will be to switch as much code as possible > > to be turn into a feature (when it makes sens of course) > > > Are you saying that some USE_BLAH=yes will stick around or do I > misunderstand?
The goal is to remove as much USE_* as possible, but I m sure but might be complicated > > Another question: for USE_BLAH=yes the logical transformation would be > USE_FEATURES=BLAH but what about USE_FOO=BLAH ? Would > USE_FEATURES=FOO/BLAH (possibly another separator) or > USE_FEATURES=BLAH be more sensible? USE_FEATURE= BLAH is best imho regards, bapt
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