make options (was Re: FreeBSD Port: mozilla-devel-1.4b)

[Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH]

On Tue, 2003-06-24 at 01:35, Thierry Thomas wrote:
> Le Mar 24 jui 03 à  6:00:23 +0200, parv <parv_fm at emailgroups.net>
>  écrivait :
> > in message <200306232250.11318.x at Vex.Net>, wrote Tim Middleton
> > thusly...
> > > This would be awesome. I notice some ports have a pop-up interface
> > > that lets you choose various options.
> > 
> > Oh crap!  I hate those dialog windows; i tolerate(d) it during
> > sysinstall.  I much prefer command line switch/option way.
> > 
> > > perhaps it could be standardized and called automatically?
> > 
> > ...as long as it is not the only way and things can be
> > passed/specified/shown in pain text.
> 
> Seconded!

That scheme would be much less annoying if ports that used it would save
the configuration and *not pop up the dialog during upgrades* unless
there are significant changes to available options.

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