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, 21 May 2001 19:12:53 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 21 May 2001 19:12:43 -0400 Received: from turnover.lancs.ac.uk ([148.88.17.220]:50166 "EHLO helium.chromatix.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 21 May 2001 19:12:29 -0400 Message-Id: In-Reply-To: <15113.31946.548249.53012@gargle.gargle.HOWL> In-Reply-To: <25499.990399116@redhat.com> <20010520165952.A9622@devserv.devel.redhat.com> <20010518113726.A29617@devserv.devel.redhat.com> <20010518114922.C14309@thyrsus.com> <8485.990357599@redhat.com> <20010520111856.C3431@thyrsus.com> <15823.990372866@redhat.com> <20010520114411.A3600@thyrsus.com> <16267.990374170@redhat.com> <20010520131457.A3769@thyrsus.com> <18686.990380851@redhat.com> <20010520164700.H4488@thyrsus.com> <25499.990399116@redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Tue, 22 May 2001 00:00:35 +0100 To: John Stoffel , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: Jonathan Morton Subject: Re: Background to the argument about CML2 design philosophy Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org >If you run into a case where you have a config which would work, but >CML2 doesn't let you, why don't you fix the grammar instead of saying >CML2 is wrong? Let's not confuse these two issues as well. Strongly agree. Especially since I'm pushing for an explicit recognition of the difference between a hard dependancy and a soft derivation. The latter can be over-ridden safely by someone who knows what he's after. The former will cause a miscompile. -------------------------------------------------------------- from: Jonathan "Chromatix" Morton mail: chromi@cyberspace.org (not for attachments) big-mail: chromatix@penguinpowered.com uni-mail: j.d.morton@lancaster.ac.uk The key to knowledge is not to rely on people to teach you it. Get VNC Server for Macintosh from http://www.chromatix.uklinux.net/vnc/ -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version 3.12 GCS$/E/S dpu(!) s:- a20 C+++ UL++ P L+++ E W+ N- o? K? w--- O-- M++$ V? PS PE- Y+ PGP++ t- 5- X- R !tv b++ DI+++ D G e+ h+ r++ y+(*) -----END GEEK CODE BLOCK-----