Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Configure.help i18n system | Date | Thu, 07 Jun 2001 17:23:25 -0400 | From | Horst von Brand <> |
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Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com> said: > [ Kernel mailing list added to Cc ] > On Thu, 7 Jun 2001, Keitaro Yosimura wrote: > > Configure.help i18n system is the thing which uses MD5 SUM of the text > > of the text as a key, and calls suitable data to the present language > > setup (it judges from an environment variable).
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> So I wonder if the Configure.help text should not possibly be even _more_ > distributed than just splitting it up into different files. It might very > well be acceptable to actually distribute it over the net (and have just a > mapping of config options into www-addresses or something).
I usually don't have a connection to the 'net when configuring a kernel... and most people are like this, 24/7 Internet connections are still somewhat of a rarity around here (and this country is "advanced" net-wise by non-US standards). Plus adds the bloat of a browser to the configury. -- Dr. Horst H. von Brand mailto:vonbrand@inf.utfsm.cl Departamento de Informatica Fono: +56 32 654431 Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria +56 32 654239 Casilla 110-V, Valparaiso, Chile Fax: +56 32 797513 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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