linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/2] kconfig: Improve comment blocks in the .config file

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Message-ID: <343788ac-41bc-4308-6aae-03a00535e9f3@gmail.com>
Date:   Sat, 15 Jan 2022 15:58:47 +0200
From:   Ariel Marcovitch <arielmarcovitch@...il.com>
To:     masahiroy@...nel.org
Cc:     linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] kconfig: Improve comment blocks in the .config file

Ping (would really like some feedback :) )

On 13/12/2021 12:00, Ariel Marcovitch wrote:
> Hi there!
>
> This series attempts to make the .config file format make more sense.
> Currently menuconfig blocks look exactly like regular configs while
> comment blocks look almost exactly like menu blocks.
>
> The first patch makes menuconfig blocks look the same as menu blocks.
>
> The second makes comment blocks look different than menu blocks.
>
> The format for comment blocks in the second patch is a suggestion. I
> realize some people will think the '###' prefix is distasteful. I'm open
> to other options as well, I just couldn't think of a better option that
> starts with '#', looks different from a menu and can't be confused with
> a disabled config.
>
> Ariel Marcovitch (2):
>    kconfig: Show menuconfigs as menus in the .config file
>    kconfig: Make comments look different than menus in .config
>
>   scripts/kconfig/confdata.c | 34 +++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
>   1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
>
>
> base-commit: e06a61a89ccd3edda046c78f9d08aa045b8c4d32