Messages in this thread | | | From | Steven Cole <> | Subject | Re: [kbuild-devel] Re: CML2 design philosophy heads-up | Date | Fri, 18 May 2001 10:22:33 -0600 |
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On Friday 18 May 2001 09:19, Jes Sorensen wrote: > Replacing the code does not require changing the style of the config > files. Thats a major problem with CML2, you introduce a new 'let me do > everything for you' tool that relies on a programming language that is > not being shipped by any major vendor nor does it look like they are > planning to do it anytime soon. And even if they start doing so, this
Actually, Linux-Mandrake 8.0 ships with Python 2.0, but your next point is a very good one:
> is a totally unreasonable requirement, you *must* to make it possible > to compile kernels on older distributions without requiring people to > update half of their system. On some architectures, the majority of > the users are still on glibc 2.0 and other old versions of > tools. Telling them to install an updated gcc for kernel compilation > is a necessary evil, which can easily be done without disturbing the > rest of the system. Updating the system's python installation is not a > reasonable request. Nobody disagrees that the Makefiles needs a > redesign, however that doesn't mean everything else has to be > redisigned in a totally incompatible manner.
I didn't have trouble installing python 2.0 before LM 8.0 did that for me, but I was probably just lucky. I've seen some reports by other people who did have difficulty upgrading python. If the python installation difficulties are a real obstacle, perhaps that is what needs to be fixed.
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