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SubjectRe: [TRIVIAL] kill annoying submenus in fs/Kconfig
> [rddunlap@osdl.org]
>
> On Sat, 26 Jul 2003 21:55:44 +0200 Tomas Szepe <szepe@pinerecords.com> wrote:
>
> | Patch against -bk3.
>
> Let me begin by saying that I find the menu arrangement (both before
> and after this patch) highly subjective.

I guess so.

> I.e., there's not necessarily a right or wrong. (RR:)
> I.e., in the absence of further input, some maintainer can decide. :)
>
> Given the above:
> I prefer short menus. I find them more readable, with less clutter.
> So I don't mind them the way that they currently are.
>
> OTOH, I don't care strongly either way. I think that we should
> care more about how non-developers use and see 'make *config'
> than how kernel developers use and see it.

I can't see why we need to categorize ~50 (that is _two_ 80x25 screenfuls)
filesystems into 7 or so submenus. The going back and forth in menuconfig
just to check if NFS and proc are enabled for a basic config is highly
annoying IMHO. The categorization itself is a nice idea, though.

--
Tomas Szepe <szepe@pinerecords.com>
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