linux-kernel - Re: [patch, -git] input: CONFIG_INPUT

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Message-ID: <20080430212029.GA28813@elte.hu>
Date:	Wed, 30 Apr 2008 23:20:29 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
Cc:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Roman Zippel <zippel@...ux-m68k.org>,
	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@....de>,
	Richard Purdie <rpurdie@...ys.net>,
	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
Subject: Re: [patch, -git] input: CONFIG_INPUT_APANEL build fix


* Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com> wrote:

> I thought the many years old rule for Linux kernel is to fix the 
> issues properly and not turn kernel into patchwork of crappy code.

correct, except if that would mean breakage for users.

> If we want to fix the randconfi issue I'd rather revert commit 
> 66242f7ec531953fbc2f4040c5ffe1f1ffe6c5c9 for now (they only thing it 
> did was beautify menuconfig look) and wait for Kconfig to be fixed. It 
> is not driver's task to track through all dependencies.

yep ... just dont export our internal crappiness to testers and users.

i'm not suggesting this is your fault in any way - but nevertheless many 
other subsystems have to deal with the same Kconfig issues and they 
manage to limp along.

	Ingo
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