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    On Monday 23 June 2008 19:45, Adrian Bunk wrote:
    > Plus the fact that you often get into situations where more options
    > mean complex and fragile stuff. Read the Kconfig files under
    > drivers/media/ and check in git all commits to them since 2.6.25 alone,
    > and you'll understand why "add an option for every bit" can result in
    > very high ongoing maintainance work required.
    >
    > Not everything that is technically possible is also maintainable, and
    > maintainability is a very important point in a project with several
    > million lines changing each year.

    Well, I am not (and was not) disputing this. I agree with it.
    CONFIGs should not be multiplying like rabbits.
    --
    vda


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