From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1762546AbXGRUxt (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 Jul 2007 16:53:49 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754325AbXGRUxi (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 Jul 2007 16:53:38 -0400 Received: from nic.NetDirect.CA ([216.16.235.2]:51510 "EHLO rubicon.netdirect.ca" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753302AbXGRUxh (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 Jul 2007 16:53:37 -0400 X-Originating-Ip: 72.143.66.27 Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2007 16:51:33 -0400 (EDT) From: "Robert P. J. Day" X-X-Sender: rpjday@localhost.localdomain To: Jeff Garzik cc: Randy Dunlap , Gabriel C , Linux Kernel Mailing List , netdev@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] net/, drivers/net/ , missing EXPERIMENTAL in menus In-Reply-To: <469E7BE1.6090401@garzik.org> Message-ID: References: <469E75AA.7040109@pimpmylinux.org> <20070718134012.cde2f956.randy.dunlap@oracle.com> <469E7BE1.6090401@garzik.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Net-Direct-Inc-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-Net-Direct-Inc-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-Net-Direct-Inc-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (not cached, score=-36.8, required 5, autolearn=not spam, ALL_TRUSTED -1.80, BAYES_00 -15.00, INIT_RECVD_OUR_AUTH -20.00) X-Net-Direct-Inc-MailScanner-From: rpjday@mindspring.com Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, 18 Jul 2007, Jeff Garzik wrote: > Randy Dunlap wrote: > > On Wed, 18 Jul 2007 16:23:09 -0400 (EDT) Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > > there's no point adding all that redundant content when it can all be > > > done automatically. > > > > I like it. Are there any kconfig patches to support this plan? > > Speaking specifically to adding 'EXPERIMENTAL', I distinctly > remember at some point in the past the config system was smart > enough to print " (EXPERIMENTAL)" if that entry depended on > CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL. > > We should head in that direction. there's one point i want to re-iterate. i'd prefer to see EXPERIMENTAL stop being a dependency, as in: depends on SNAFU && FUBAR && EXPERIMENTAL "EXPERIMENTAL" is not a dependency in the true sense of the word -- it is more of an attribute, and i think it would far more sense to see entries like: depends on SNAFU && FUBAR maturity EXPERIMENTAL sure, it's more work, but i think the cost is worth it in terms of flexibility (particularly if *i'm* not the one doing the work. :-) rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA http://fsdev.net/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page ========================================================================