linux-kernel - Re: [RFC 1/4] CONFIG

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Message-ID: <46A0E76B.5050606@s5r6.in-berlin.de>
Date:	Fri, 20 Jul 2007 18:48:43 +0200
From:	Stefan Richter <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de>
To:	Chris Snook <csnook@...hat.com>
CC:	Satyam Sharma <satyam.sharma@...il.com>,
	"clameter@....com" <clameter@....com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [RFC 1/4] CONFIG_STABLE: Define it

Chris Snook wrote:
> There are many different ways you can use it.  If I'm writing a configurable 
> feature, I could make it depend on !CONFIG_STABLE, or I could ifdef my code out 
> if CONFIG_STABLE is set, unless a more granular option is also set.  The 
> maintainer of the code that uses the config option has a lot of flexibility,

In other words, nobody will ever know what this config option really does.

> at least until we start enforcing standards.
-- 
Stefan Richter
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