Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Sun, 04 May 2008 21:28:54 +0200 | | From | Rene Herman <> | | Subject | Re: kconfig - a suggestion how to fix the select issue | |
On 04-05-08 09:10, Sam Ravnborg wrote:
> Today we have two ways to express/solve dependencies.
>
> Top-down we have "depends on"
> and bottom up we have "select".
>
> The "depends on" dependencies at the same
> time impact the visibility of a symbol.
> A symbol with "depends on" not satisfied are not
> visible and thus not shown in menuconfig.
I've always really disliked the visibility thing. I believe it's not really
the core issue here but regardless of anything else, could we not "grey out"
non-selectable options with its helpt text still available? That's much more
the standard UI paradigm.
Rene.
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