Roman Zippel wrote: > > Hi, > > On Tue, 13 Aug 2002, Peter Samuelson wrote: > > > Mutating the language, long-term, so that it looks less like sh [...] > > That doesn't solve any of the more fundamental problems.
Correct, it doesn't. > 1) We still have 3 config parsers, which produce slightly different > .config files. Yes. > 2) To integrate a new driver, you have to touch at least 3 files: > Config.in, Config.help, Makefile. Properly configuring and building a > driver outside of the tree is painful to impossible. Yes. > The problems are really not simple, the current config language is very > limited, [...] I don't think anyone who actually understands the config system would argue these points, but we are limited by practical constraints to making incremental improvements only. Greg. -- the price of civilisation today is a courageous willingness to prevail, with force, if necessary, against whatever vicious and uncomprehending enemies try to strike it down. - Roger Sandall, The Age, 28Sep2001. ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by: Dice - The leading online job board for high-tech professionals. Search and apply for tech jobs today! http://seeker.dice.com/seeker.epl?rel_code=31 _______________________________________________ kbuild-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/kbuild-devel
