svn commit: r316032 - head/Mk

[Eitan Adler]

On 18 April 2013 14:23, Emanuel Haupt <ehaupt at freebsd.org> wrote:
> Eitan Adler <eadler at freebsd.org> wrote:
>> On 18 April 2013 05:44, Emanuel Haupt <ehaupt at freebsd.org> wrote:
>> > Author: ehaupt
>> > Date: Thu Apr 18 09:44:29 2013
>> > New Revision: 316032
>> > URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/ports/316032
>> >
>> > Log:
>> >   Add NCURSES description
>> >
>> >   Feature safe: yes
>> >
>> > Modified:
>> >   head/Mk/bsd.options.desc.mk
>> >
>> "NCURSES support" is implicit from the name "NCURSES".
>>
>> What features do ports provide when they depend on ncurses?
>
> In the case of net/httping it provides a ncurses based frontend.
> Looking at other ports 'NCURSES frontend' might be more suitable:
>
> /usr/ports/security/pinentry/Makefile:NCURSES_DESC=     Curses frontend
> /usr/ports/mail/mutt/Makefile:NCURSES_DESC=     Ncurses support
> /usr/ports/astro/gpsd/Makefile:NCURSES_DESC=            Build with ncurses(3)
> /usr/ports/audio/mous/Makefile:NCURSES_DESC=            Ncurses frontend
> /usr/ports/sysutils/conky/Makefile:NCURSES_DESC=                Use ncurses to draw on terminals
> /usr/ports/lang/fpc-units/Makefile:NCURSES_DESC=        Interface to ncurses library
> /usr/ports/multimedia/vlc/Makefile:NCURSES_DESC=        ncurses (console) interface
>
> Thoughts?

Perhaps one of
"TUI Interface support"
"Console Interface support"

Users may not know what ncurses does.


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