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, 7 Jun 2001 17:45:32 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 7 Jun 2001 17:45:22 -0400 Received: from vindaloo.ras.ucalgary.ca ([136.159.55.21]:48523 "EHLO vindaloo.ras.ucalgary.ca") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Thu, 7 Jun 2001 17:45:13 -0400 Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2001 15:44:57 -0600 Message-Id: <200106072144.f57LivR32508@vindaloo.ras.ucalgary.ca> From: Richard Gooch To: Linus Torvalds Cc: Keitaro Yosimura , Alan Cox , Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: Configure.help i18n system In-Reply-To: In-Reply-To: <20010607165007.A299.RAMSY@linux.or.jp> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Linus Torvalds writes: > Configure.help certainly isn't all that kernel version dependent, > and could successfully be maintained completely outside the kernel, > I suspect. It might not change much, but it can from time to time. The meaning of a particular option can evolve over time. I wouldn't want to see options have sections like "for kernel x.y.z the behaviour is this, but for kernel a.b.c the behaviour is thus". It's just clutter. Another issue is ease of use. I just want to be able to download a single tarball, and then be able to go offline and configure, compile, read docs and so on. One example of this is when setting up a new box. Another is when I'm on the road, dial in and download a new patch and then hop on a plane and start playing with it. Regards, Richard.... Permanent: rgooch@atnf.csiro.au Current: rgooch@ras.ucalgary.ca