Proposal: do not show up the dialog(1) by default?

[Warren Block]

On Thu, 23 May 2013, Adam Vande More wrote:

> On Thu, May 23, 2013 at 10:33 AM, Freddie Cash <fjwcash at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> There are already two "native" ways to do this:
>>   make config-recursive
>>   use a ports management tool like portmaster/portupgrade
>
> portmaster certainly does not do this, nor make
> config-recursive(although it faster than the portmaster dialog).  As I
> already mentioned, portupgrade used to give them to you all at once,
> no interruptions between IIRC.  As it stands right now, 'portmaster
> x11/kde4' on a clean install pretty much guarantees you'll be console
> baby sitting for 1/2 hr or more unless you use the accept defaults
> option.  To put it another, I think the default make behavior should
> be more akin 'make config-recursive' rather than take each OPTION as
> it comes.

portmaster has always shown all the config dialogs before starting a 
build.  Granted, it can take a while.  portupgrade can do it with the -c 
or -C options, but does not do it by default.  Or didn't last I looked.