[HEADSUP] Please convert your ports to new options framework

[Thomas Mueller]

from Doug Barton <dougb at FreeBSD.org>:

> > My understanding is that one of the benefits of the new OPTIONS

> On 06/08/2012 06:34, Chris Rees wrote:
> >> So I have a question from a consumer standpoint as opposed to a
> >> maintainer standpoint.  If we use portconf to store all of our WITH_*
> >> options for ports, will that continue to work with ports that have switched
> >> to optionsng or is there something I need to change in my ports.conf file
> >> for the options to continue to be recognized?

> With Baptiste's latest work on backwards compatibility this should work
> fine now, however you should double-check that the same WITH_/WITHOUT_
> knobs you have in your port.conf are still the ones defined in the
> ports' Makefiles.

> > I'll make you a nice script for that purpose later.

> Chris, as much as I appreciate your efforts in doing this, asking the
> user to run scripts to convert stuff is not the answer. We need a ports
> system that is transparently backwards compatible for users, not one
> where they constantly have to jump through hoops to make things work
> again that have worked fine for them for years.

> Doug

Where is all this about the new options framework documented?

There ought to be something in UPDATING file telling users what to do to stay properly in sync.

Tom