ports structure and improvement suggestions

[Frank Laszlo]

Pav Lucistnik wrote:
> Shaun Amott píše v po 08. 05. 2006 v 22:24 +0100:
>
> That's a good summary.
>
>   
>> Unfortunately, the OPTIONS framework is somewhat limited in its current
>> state. One problem is that OPTIONS needs to be defined before including
>> bsd.port.pre.mk, but then the processing of WITH(OUT)_* variables has to
>> be done afterwards. For example, www/horde has a huge list of knobs, but
>> only a handful could be converted to OPTIONS because they set variables
>> that need to be defined before bsd.port.pre.mk is included. As a
>> sidenote, I submitted a simple patch to "fix" this some time ago, but it
>> doesn't appear to have had much interest. :-)
>>
>> Another issue is that the framework only includes support for simple
>> checklists: no submenus, no "radio" controls , etc. There's no
>> reasonable way - other than spitting out an error message and asking
>> the user to try again - of dealing with mutually exclusive knobs in
>> OPTIONS.
>>
>> There is also no space for detailed descriptions of what knobs do inside
>> the OPTIONS dialog. It is often easier to make the user look at the
>> Makefile for a description and/or print out a message before installing.
>>     
FYI, I am currently working on some OPTIONS enhancements including 
submenu's, radio dialogs, and things of this nature. Also fixing a few 
inherent problems with the way OPTIONS are handled as I go. I'll report 
back when I have something final.

-Frank Laszlo