Now that you tell us to try postfix I just noticed a typo on the pkg-descr file see :
"Some feautures:" 2013/3/19 Baptiste Daroussin <b...@freebsd.org>: > On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 06:37:13PM +0800, HU Dong wrote: >> δΊ 2013/3/19 18:31, Baptiste Daroussin ει: >> > On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 11:20:43AM +0100, David Demelier wrote: >> >> 2013/3/19 Baptiste Daroussin <b...@freebsd.org> >> >> >> >>> Hi all, >> >>> >> >>> Since the work on the new options framework has been started more than 2 >> >>> years >> >>> ago, we faced a problem with the make config interface. >> >>> >> >>> dialog(1) is too limited to be able to represent in a simple UI all the >> >>> features >> >>> proposed by the new framework. >> >>> >> >>> The idea of writing a new UI was born at that time, eadler step in and >> >>> wrote a >> >>> first attempt called dialog4ports using ncurses, but never get into >> >>> completion. >> >>> >> >>> A few month ago Ilya A. Arkhipov decided to jump in that problem and >> >>> restart >> >>> from scratch a new version of dialog4ports, with the help of danfe, >> >>> eadler >> >>> and >> >>> I. >> >>> >> >>> The new version is based on dialog(3), adding to it a new widget (which >> >>> is >> >>> planned to be contributed upstream) and a new UI using that widget. >> >>> >> >>> After months of thinking/coding/testing we have been able to switch to >> >>> this new >> >>> UI and get rid of the old dialog(1) for make config. >> >>> >> >>> dialog4ports will live forever within the ports tree allowing to fastly >> >>> improve/fix it if needed and getting the exact same version on all the >> >>> plateforms. >> >>> >> >>> What it currently does: >> >>> - represtend all kind of options in a clean way including >> >>> RADIO/GROUP/MULTI/SINGLE >> >>> - provide a beta quality help dialog (via F1/^E) if a ports provide a >> >>> pkg-help >> >>> file >> >>> - Able to represent description instead of the KNOBS name in section >> >>> titles for >> >>> RADIO/GROUP/SINGLE/MULTI name >> >>> >> >>> Huge thanks to Ilya A. Arkhipov (M1cRO on irc :)) >> >>> >> >>> regards, >> >>> Bapt >> >>> >> >> Thanks a lot for that work to all contributors. I will try this evening >> >> and >> >> see how awesome it is :-). >> >> >> >> One questions I have: >> >> >> >> - Does the dialog4ports installation will be triggered in the pkg >> >> autoremove command since it's a leaf. >> >> >> >> Regards >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Demelier David >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list >> >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports >> >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" >> > No because it is an explicit installation that is done. >> > >> > regards, >> > Bapt >> How to use it? >> >> I just updated my ports tree and installed it. But it seemed that the >> "make config" command didn't change. > > No need to install it manually it will be automatically pulled in and the > switch > is automated. > > to make sure it works go to the mail/postfix* and try make config if the > output > is ugly then you are not using d4p (ports tree not uptodate enough :)) if it > is > pretty then you are using it. > > both uses dialog(3) so the UI is pretty close, just better :) > > regards, > Bapt -- Demelier David _______________________________________________ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
