On 2013-11-25 07:40, Matthias Andree wrote: > Am 23.11.2013 12:20, schrieb Mark Martinec: >> On Friday 22 November 2013 21:40:07 Ronald F. Guilmette wrote: >>> Now, one last little thing... >>> >>> The note in the UPDATING file dated 20131120 gives essentially the same >>> instructions as the one dated 20131023, *however* it also contains this: >>> >>> 1) Change the option in lang/perl5.16: >>> make -C /usr/ports/lang/perl5.16 config >>> >>> HUH?? I don't understand this at all. What exactly is "the option" that >>> we are changing here? And what does it matter to anything? >>> >>> It would be Nice if this were entierly less opaque. >> >> $ man ports >> [...] >> config Configure OPTIONS for this port using dialog4ports(1). >> >>> And what does it matter to anything? >> >> Gives you a choice to re-think your existing/chosen port options. >> For example, a new default is now THREADS, but you may not like >> it, as it somewhat increases the memory usage and requires >> to rebuild all perl modules. > > Which shows an interesting facet of this whole tedious process: > > We're doing a lousy job of explaining the options to unsavvy users, and > we're also doing a lousy job of tracking options. Perhaps we should > just slash down the options and go more for "build the default" - it > also reduces testing complexity and would give for a more uniform ports > experience for everyone (packages use default options anyways). > > I would even go that far to propose killing some common options such as > NLS DOCS EXAMPLES and replace them by a "make globcalconfig" that sets > them system-wide through make.conf, so that we don't need to set/reset > them each and every time a port changes options, nor even offer them. >
${opt}_DESC is limited, but help/explanation can be given in pkg-help. _______________________________________________ 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"