linux-kernel - Re: "menu" versus "menuconfig" -- they're *both* a bad idea

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Date:	Thu, 12 Apr 2007 11:21:20 -0400 (EDT)
From:	"Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@...dspring.com>
To:	Carlo Florendo <subscribermail@...il.com>
cc:	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...ux01.gwdg.de>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: "menu" versus "menuconfig" -- they're *both* a bad idea

On Thu, 12 Apr 2007, Carlo Florendo wrote:

> Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> >   (in short, if i, the builder, explicitly choose *not* to add a
> > certain feature to my build, i think i have every right to expect that
> > some other part of my configuration isn't quietly going to put some
> > sub-choice of that feature back in behind my back.)
>
> I agree with this.  However, if another feature actually depends on
> another explicitly unselected feature, there should at least be a
> warning prompt that such is the case.
>
> It probably would be hard though to track all dependencies.

i can't imagine this is a widespread problem in the tree -- i mean, we
keep using CONFIG_EMBEDDED as an example, and we mostly agree that
that's just a bad design, anyway.

but it should be obvious that, if you look at the Kconfig files, each
and every "select" directive has the potential to override a decision
you think you might have made elsewhere.

I'm just sayin'.

rday
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