From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sun, 16 Dec 2001 00:28:13 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sun, 16 Dec 2001 00:28:04 -0500 Received: from dsl254-112-233.nyc1.dsl.speakeasy.net ([216.254.112.233]:21896 "EHLO snark.thyrsus.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sun, 16 Dec 2001 00:27:49 -0500 Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2001 00:16:52 -0500 From: "Eric S. Raymond" To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kbuild-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Cc: torvalds@transmeta.com Subject: Configure.help has complete coverage for 2.4 and 2.5. Message-ID: <20011216001652.A18497@thyrsus.com> Reply-To: esr@thyrsus.com Mail-Followup-To: "Eric S. Raymond" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kbuild-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, torvalds@transmeta.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i Organization: Eric Conspiracy Secret Labs X-Eric-Conspiracy: There is no conspiracy Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org For only the second time in recorded history, the master Configure.help file now has help entries corresponding to *all* configuration symbols in live use in the kernel tree (both 2.4 and 2.5). It is available for your downloading pleasure at: http://tuxedo.org/~esr/cml2/Configure.help.gz Fossil entries in this version have been garbage-collected out (I'm keeping them in a dead-entries file in case any of them becomes interesting again.) Entries for which the question symbol has merely been commented out in CML1 have been retained. I had to write over 600 of the entries in this version myself, including the last six. Please don't put me through that again -- when you add a config option, *include a Configure.help entry in your patch*. Not documenting how and why to configure your option is both sloppy and antisocial. I beseech the current Elder Gods of the kernel to reject future patches that neglect this step. Thanks to everyone who responded well to my nagging by sending in entries. -- Eric S. Raymond Strict gun laws are about as effective as strict drug laws...It pains me to say this, but the NRA seems to be right: The cities and states that have the toughest gun laws have the most murder and mayhem. -- Mike Royko, Chicago Tribune From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 17 Dec 2001 02:02:10 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 17 Dec 2001 02:02:00 -0500 Received: from [195.66.192.167] ([195.66.192.167]:15877 "EHLO Port.imtp.ilyichevsk.odessa.ua") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 17 Dec 2001 02:01:44 -0500 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="PT 154" From: vda To: "Eric S. Raymond" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kbuild-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: Configure.help has complete coverage for 2.4 and 2.5. Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2001 09:00:18 -0200 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.2] In-Reply-To: <20011216001652.A18497@thyrsus.com> In-Reply-To: <20011216001652.A18497@thyrsus.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <01121709001803.01828@manta> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sunday 16 December 2001 03:16, Eric S. Raymond wrote: > For only the second time in recorded history, the master > Configure.help file now has help entries corresponding to *all* > configuration symbols in live use in the kernel tree (both 2.4 and > 2.5). It is available for your downloading pleasure at: > > http://tuxedo.org/~esr/cml2/Configure.help.gz > > I had to write over 600 of the entries in this version myself, > including the last six. Please don't put me through that again -- > when you add a config option, *include a Configure.help entry in your > patch*. Not documenting how and why to configure your option is both > sloppy and antisocial. I beseech the current Elder Gods of the kernel > to reject future patches that neglect this step. > > Thanks to everyone who responded well to my nagging by sending in entries. And thank you Eric for your effort! Thank you! :-) -- vda