From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 23 Aug 2001 11:56:32 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 23 Aug 2001 11:56:23 -0400 Received: from [208.187.172.194] ([208.187.172.194]:54031 "HELO odin.oce.srci.oce.int") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Thu, 23 Aug 2001 11:56:19 -0400 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII From: Joshua Schmidlkofer To: Bob Glamm Subject: Re: Will 2.6 require Python for any configuration ? (CML2) Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2001 09:55:46 -0600 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.2] In-Reply-To: <20010822030807.N120@pervalidus> <20010823140555.A1077@newton.bauerschmidt.eu.org> <20010823103620.A6965@kittpeak.ece.umn.edu> In-Reply-To: <20010823103620.A6965@kittpeak.ece.umn.edu> Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <01082309554604.03507@widmers.oce.srci.oce.int> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > Maybe it's just me, but adding a dependency solely for the sake of > building the kernel doesn't strike me as very clean or elegant. > IMHO that is a highly suspect view. Kernel building is already a hideously complicated problem [At least it seems so to me]. I am certainly in favor using a more intelligent and capable scripting lang to add capability and reduce some of the dependancy & symbol issues. If all we are doing is adding a different front end, it's not of much point, but some genuises here have streched make + shell to about as far as one can. So if that can be done with make, someone surley can replace all that with Python. [However, maybe I have missed the scope of the inclusion of python] Also, I would like to point out that while Python does have a 'flavor of the month' look for some people, it is a useable stable solution. Who knows what my supercede it tomorrow, but as a whole it's maturing, and I personally use it a TON. Plus it has a powerful library. Side note: It took about 10 days for the last kernel compile I did on my 386sx 16 [whopping 32 megs of ram thought =] [that was a while ago].. I suspect that with python it wouldn't actually take much longer. Besides, I compile kernels for it on something else.