From: Greg Banks <gnb@alphalink.com.au>
To: Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org>
Cc: Kai Germaschewski <kai-germaschewski@uiowa.edu>,
Peter Samuelson <peter@cadcamlab.org>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kbuild-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [kbuild-devel] Re: [patch] config language dep_* enhancements
Date: Sat, 24 Aug 2002 22:43:57 +1000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3D677F8D.F6B62040@alphalink.com.au> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Pine.LNX.4.44.0208240059560.8911-100000@serv
Roman Zippel wrote:
>
> Let me mention (again), that we are talking about two different problems
> here. On the hand bugs in the rulebase can be fixed with either syntax.
Agreed.
> On
> the other hand major cleanups/extensions are better done with only a
> single parser.
>From a purely technical point of view it's easier to extend a single parser
than N. A single parser is the Obviously Correct Approach (tm).
But the problem is that changing to use a single parser is in itself
a revolutionary step, doubly so if the syntax changes at the same time.
Greg.
--
the price of civilisation today is a courageous willingness to prevail,
with force, if necessary, against whatever vicious and uncomprehending
enemies try to strike it down. - Roger Sandall, The Age, 28Sep2001.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-08-24 12:38 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 110+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
[not found] <200208062329.g76NTqP30962@devserv.devel.redhat.com.suse.lists.linux.kernel>
2002-08-07 10:01 ` Linux 2.4.20-pre1 Andi Kleen
2002-08-07 11:50 ` Alan Cox
2002-08-07 10:41 ` 64bit clean drivers was " Andi Kleen
2002-08-07 12:16 ` Alan Cox
2002-08-07 11:04 ` Andi Kleen
2002-08-07 11:10 ` Alan Cox
2002-08-07 11:18 ` Andi Kleen
2002-08-07 11:51 ` Alan Cox
2002-08-07 11:56 ` Andi Kleen
2002-08-07 13:26 ` Alan Cox
2002-08-07 16:28 ` Jeff Garzik
2002-08-08 15:14 ` Peter Samuelson
2002-08-08 16:49 ` Kai Germaschewski
2002-08-08 16:47 ` Peter Samuelson
2002-08-09 4:15 ` [patch] config language dep_* enhancements Peter Samuelson
2002-08-09 14:43 ` [kbuild-devel] " Greg Banks
2002-08-09 15:38 ` Andreas Schwab
2002-08-12 10:38 ` Greg Banks
2002-08-09 16:10 ` Peter Samuelson
2002-08-12 11:04 ` Greg Banks
2002-08-12 14:46 ` Kai Germaschewski
2002-08-12 19:45 ` Roman Zippel
2002-08-12 21:40 ` [kbuild-devel] " Tom Rini
2002-08-12 22:13 ` Roman Zippel
2002-08-12 22:15 ` Tom Rini
2002-08-12 22:32 ` Roman Zippel
2002-08-12 22:47 ` Tom Rini
2002-08-12 23:17 ` Roman Zippel
2002-08-12 23:32 ` Tom Rini
2002-08-13 3:35 ` Greg Banks
2002-08-13 0:03 ` Peter Samuelson
2002-08-13 7:54 ` Roman Zippel
2002-08-13 3:33 ` Greg Banks
2002-08-13 9:32 ` Roman Zippel
2002-08-13 10:32 ` [kbuild-devel] " Greg Banks
[not found] ` <3D587483.1C459694@alphalink.com.au>
2002-08-13 3:39 ` Peter Samuelson
2002-08-13 4:31 ` Greg Banks
2002-08-13 14:00 ` [kbuild-devel] " Greg Banks
2002-08-13 15:53 ` Peter Samuelson
2002-08-13 18:48 ` Kai Germaschewski
2002-08-14 1:13 ` Greg Banks
2002-08-14 3:28 ` Peter Samuelson
2002-08-14 4:35 ` [patch] kernel config 3/N - move sound into drivers/media Peter Samuelson
2002-08-14 5:08 ` Kai Germaschewski
2002-08-14 5:49 ` Peter Samuelson
2002-08-14 10:56 ` [kbuild-devel] " Arnd Bergmann
2002-08-14 12:20 ` S390 vs S390x, was " Christoph Hellwig
2002-08-14 17:21 ` Arnd Bergmann
2002-08-14 18:16 ` Christoph Hellwig
2002-08-14 21:18 ` Arnd Bergmann
2002-08-14 19:22 ` Christoph Hellwig
2002-08-14 22:52 ` Arnd Bergmann
2002-08-14 6:14 ` Greg Banks
2002-08-14 6:31 ` Greg Banks
2002-08-14 8:16 ` Russell King
2002-08-14 6:01 ` [kbuild-devel] Re: [patch] config language dep_* enhancements Greg Banks
2002-08-14 8:18 ` Russell King
2002-08-14 14:22 ` Peter Samuelson
2002-08-15 1:28 ` Greg Banks
2002-08-15 2:33 ` Peter Samuelson
2002-08-15 3:27 ` Greg Banks
2002-08-13 18:43 ` Kai Germaschewski
2002-08-13 20:48 ` Peter Samuelson
2002-08-14 1:27 ` Greg Banks
2002-08-14 1:42 ` Peter Samuelson
2002-08-14 2:27 ` Greg Banks
2002-08-14 2:57 ` Peter Samuelson
2002-08-14 4:39 ` Kai Germaschewski
2002-08-14 5:35 ` Greg Banks
2002-08-14 11:40 ` Roman Zippel
2002-08-15 1:52 ` [kbuild-devel] " Greg Banks
2002-08-15 3:30 ` John Alvord
2002-08-16 2:24 ` Peter Samuelson
2002-08-15 9:46 ` Roman Zippel
2002-08-15 14:43 ` Kai Germaschewski
2002-08-15 20:12 ` Roman Zippel
2002-08-16 2:08 ` Greg Banks
2002-08-16 10:54 ` Roman Zippel
2002-08-19 9:27 ` Greg Banks
2002-08-19 10:20 ` Roman Zippel
2002-08-20 14:10 ` Greg Banks
2002-08-20 17:51 ` Roman Zippel
2002-08-19 20:30 ` Sam Ravnborg
2002-08-20 14:28 ` David Woodhouse
2002-08-23 15:18 ` Kai Germaschewski
2002-08-23 23:03 ` Roman Zippel
2002-08-24 12:43 ` Greg Banks [this message]
2002-08-14 1:19 ` Greg Banks
2002-08-12 15:47 ` Peter Samuelson
2002-08-13 3:23 ` [kbuild-devel] " Greg Banks
2002-08-13 16:04 ` Sam Ravnborg
2002-08-13 16:20 ` [kbuild-devel] " Peter Samuelson
2002-08-14 0:22 ` Greg Banks
2002-08-14 20:14 ` Get rid of shell based Config.in parsers? Sam Ravnborg
2002-08-14 22:21 ` [kbuild-devel] " Peter Samuelson
2002-08-15 17:51 ` Linus Torvalds
2002-08-08 23:57 ` 64bit clean drivers was Re: Linux 2.4.20-pre1 Thunder from the hill
2002-08-08 19:23 ` Roman Zippel
2002-08-08 20:03 ` Andi Kleen
2002-08-08 20:19 ` Roman Zippel
2002-08-08 17:42 ` Peter Samuelson
2002-08-09 10:21 ` Roman Zippel
2002-08-09 11:47 ` Peter Samuelson
2002-08-09 12:07 ` Russell King
2002-08-09 12:49 ` Peter Samuelson
2002-08-09 14:53 ` [kbuild-devel] " Greg Banks
2002-08-09 22:37 ` Thunder from the hill
2002-08-08 20:37 ` Andi Kleen
2002-08-08 20:51 ` Roman Zippel
2002-08-07 17:31 ` Thunder from the hill
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