Re: Will 2.6 require Python for any configuration ? (CML2)

[Denis Perchine <dyp@perchine.com>]

On Friday 24 August 2001 02:41, Tom Rini wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 23, 2001 at 09:26:33PM +0200, Jes Sorensen wrote:
> > >>>>> "Tom" == Tom Rini <trini@kernel.crashing.org> writes:
> You've said this before. :)  Just how small of an 'embedded' system are
> you talking about?  I know of people who do compile a kernel now and
> again on a 'small' system, for fun.  On a larger (cPCI) system, I
> don't see your point.  If you can somehow transport the 21mb[1] bzip2
> kernel source to your system, you can transport python.  If you're
> porting to a brand new arch, there's still good tests before you
> have shlib support (You've mentioned that before too I think).

There is another point why having Python installed is a problem. Usually when 
you install a server you remove everything from it because of space, and 
security reasons. The main security concern is the less is installed the 
better security is. I always remove python from any servers I have. As I 
remove guile, forth, and other useless (in terms of server) languages. Now 
you tell me that I should have this bloat installed just to configure my 
kernel. Do not you think that it is too much? Current kernel does not require 
anything like this.

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Sincerely Yours,
Denis Perchine

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