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SubjectRe: [kbuild-devel] Converting the 2.5 kernel to kbuild 2.5
On Tue, 04 Dec 2001, Alan Cox wrote:

> > Creating a dependency on Python? Is a non-issue. Current systems that
> > are to run 2.5 or 2.6 are bloated beyond belief by glibc already, Python
> > is nice and it does not create such unmaintainable mess. Whether
>
> Python2 - which means most users dont have it.

Every new kernel version required new tools, 2.2 particularly many, 2.4
also some, so it's just one more tool to add in the end.

Current distributions already ship with Python2, and probably all will
when distributors know that Python2 will be needed to configure Linux
2.5 or 2.6.

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Matthias Andree

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