Messages in this thread | | | From | Jakob Kemi <> | Subject | Re: [kbuild-devel] Converting the 2.5 kernel to kbuild 2.5 | Date | Tue, 4 Dec 2001 19:17:35 +0100 |
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On Tuesdayen den 4 December 2001 18.08, RaúlNúñez de Arenas Coronado wrote: > Hi Matthias :) > > >Creating a dependency on Python? Is a non-issue. > > Maybe for you. For me it *is* an issue. I don't like more and > more dependencies for the kernel. I mean, if I can drop kbuild and > keep on building the kernel with the old good 'make config' I won't > worry, but otherwise I don't think that kernel building depends on > something like Python. > > Why must I install Python in order to compile the kernel? I don't > understand this. I think there are better alternatives, but kbuild > seems to be imposed any way. > > >You don't make the pen yourself when writing a letter either. > > I don't like to be forced in a particular pen, that's the reason > why I use and develop for linux. > > >What are the precise issues with Python? Just claiming it is an > >issue is not useful for discussing this. Archive pointers are > >welcome. > > Well, let's start writing kernel drivers with Python, Perl, PHP, > awk, etc... And, why not, C++, Ada, Modula, etc... > > The kernel should depend just on the compiler and assembler, IMHO.
And you'll select and pass every .c file directly to the compiler via the command line ?? Sounds like a giant step forwards !!
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