Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Thu, 10 Oct 2002 13:32:11 -0400 | | From | Jeff Garzik <> | | Subject | Re: linux kernel conf 0.8 |
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Sam Ravnborg wrote: > [cc: trimmed] > > On Thu, Oct 10, 2002 at 10:18:06AM -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote: > >>Personally I don't care about Config dependency checking... they are >>not modified often enough to affect me, and even if they did, dependency >>checking based on changes to Config files can get ugly, AFAICS. I just >>do a "bk -r co -Sq" and am done with it... > > I care a lot about Config dependency checking, and you are not within the > group of people that I care about in this respect. > > kernel-hackers has no problem realising that a "make oldconfig" is needed. > > But I care about NN that follows 2.6 development, and update his/her > tree each time a new version is posted at kernel.org. > This group of people needs dependency checking on Config files - > as can be seen by the number of reports that boils down to > "run make oldconfig".
The kernel is written for people with a clue. For people without a clue, they should use a vendor kernel or ESR's Aunt-Tillie-friendly system.
Dumbing-down the kernel is never the right answer.
Jeff
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