make config-recursive
in the directory of the port you want to install which gives you the config options, but lets you choose them for all ports before starting the build. This is a lot more convenient that having the build stop after 30 minutes because it's come across a dependency with options. (I often use ports-mgmt/portmaster which effectively does the same thing but allows you to just run portmaster category/port
to install a port)For me port=source and package=binary. Is it the same for you? If it's so, i like to install sometime from port and sometime from packages...If you're going to install everything using the default options why not use the convenience of packages?
A port builds a package and it's this package that eventually gets installed. If you're going to use the default options you can simply skip the whole build process and go straight to installing a package. You're going to end up doing the exact same thing anyway.For me port=source and package=binary.
Sorry but i don't understand because my english is very poor...That used to be the case, but it's not any more. Do note however that by default the quarterly package branch is used. But it's easy to switch this to 'latest'.