On May 6, 8:06am, Jason Bacon wrote:
} On 05/06/18 05:22, Mayuresh wrote:
} > On Sat, May 05, 2018 at 02:31:03PM -0500, Jason Bacon wrote:
} >> Has anyone looked into providing something like FreeBSD's dailog4ports for
} >> selecting package options?
} > Not too many would disagree in *nix world that interactivity for long
} > batch oriented jobs is not such a great idea.
}
} Which is why FreeBSD ports has "make -DBATCH".
}
} I would agree that the dialogs can get annoying and should not be
} enabled by default, as they are in FreeBSD ports.
}
} People seem to be making assumptions about my intent instead of
} clarifying, though.
}
} I'm not suggesting that we insert a mandatory dialog into every package
} build, just offer an optional, user-friendly interface for controlling
} options.
}
} I doesn't even have to be integrated into pkgsrc, but if it were, I
} would only invoke it under a deliberate command like "make config".
}
} I'm trying to make the system more attractive to Joe Scientist. Many
} researchers have very few or no IT staff and limited Unix skills. They
} need the ability to install software by themselves and pkgsrc can be
} enormously helpful, especially if we provide more user-friendly tools.
I would suspect in this case, that user-friendly would mean
using pkgin or some other binary package manager and not building
packages at all.
}-- End of excerpt from Jason Bacon