linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] net/, drivers/net/ , missing EXPERIMENTAL in menus

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Message-ID: <469F240E.9040205@s5r6.in-berlin.de>
Date:	Thu, 19 Jul 2007 10:42:54 +0200
From:	Stefan Richter <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de>
To:	"Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@...dspring.com>
CC:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...sta.de>, Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>,
	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>,
	Gabriel C <crazy@...pmylinux.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net/, drivers/net/ , missing EXPERIMENTAL in menus

Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> On Thu, 19 Jul 2007, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> 
> ...
>> I would consider it more ugly to special case this and that in the
>> kconfig code when plain dependencies already offer exactly the same
>> functionality...
> 
> well, this is the *third* time i've proposed adding this kind of
> feature so, at this point, i've really given up caring about it.  if
> someone wants to do this, have at it.  i have better things to do than
> to keep suggesting it and getting nowhere with it.

For better or worse, it can often be observed that feature requests
don't set anything in motion until a first patch is sent.  Even a patch
that is far from perfect can get things going really quickly.  (If the
requested feature makes sense to other people.)
-- 
Stefan Richter
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