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 14:29:42 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 23 Aug 2001 14:29:32 -0400 Received: from humbolt.nl.linux.org ([131.211.28.48]:38661 "EHLO humbolt.nl.linux.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Thu, 23 Aug 2001 14:29:22 -0400 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII From: Daniel Phillips To: Disconnect , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Will 2.6 require Python for any configuration ? (CML2) Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2001 20:36:10 +0200 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.3.1] In-Reply-To: <20010822030807.N120@pervalidus> <20010823103620.A6965@kittpeak.ece.umn.edu> <20010823115506.D25051@sigkill.net> In-Reply-To: <20010823115506.D25051@sigkill.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Message-Id: <20010823182934Z16190-32383+1035@humbolt.nl.linux.org> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On August 23, 2001 05:55 pm, Disconnect wrote: > Those are the ways (off the top of my head) to reduce the dependence on > external tools and still use python. (Although it is one of my favorite > scripting languages, I agree that it is a bit much just to configure a > kernel.) Take a close look at the word "just" in that sentence. Kernel configuration is not a trivial task at all and it gets less trivial every time Linux gets more general. -- Daniel