Ports recommending other ports

[Jordan K. Hubbard]

On Feb 12, 2009, at 12:42 PM, Perry Lee wrote:

> `make config` displays a menu from which you can select build  
> options (sorta like MacPorts' variants).  `make config install`  
> shows the menu then starts the installation right after.

"config" is already pretty close to "configure", which MacPorts  
already exposes as a discrete step (and I don't believe FreeBSD ports  
does) - perhaps this could be called "customize" or "custom"?  Then  
you could say things like:  "port custom build" or "port custom  
install" and get a customization screen of some sort which lets you  
select from the available variants, also showing you (through checked  
items in the menu) which variants were already on by default.  That  
would be pretty cool, and fairly easy to whip up by adding a curses- 
using extension to the ui_* procedures (ui_menu perhaps) and the  
requisite glue to support the new "custom" target.

Sounds like a great intern project.  Got any? :-)

- Jordan