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From: Petr Vorel <petr.vorel@gmail.com>
To: buildroot@busybox.net
Subject: [Buildroot] [RFC 1/1] support/kconfig: Allow to override 'default' config property
Date: Sun, 7 Apr 2019 20:38:35 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20190407183834.GA7984@x230> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <871s2emiei.fsf@dell.be.48ers.dk>

Hi,

>  > Really, the defconfig *is* the place where defaults are overriden.

>  > For example, at work, I handle a single br2-external for two "projects"
>  > that each have four "boards", and each have three configurations. There
>  > is no way your proposal can cover this.

>  > Alternatively, what you propose is just pushing the feature of a
>  > defconfig into the language itself. I don't think this is a good idea.
>  > Even more so, as your proposal does not address all the cases either:
>  > it only catters for strings, but what about choices, tri-states?

>  > So, I'll be harsh, but NAK.

> FWIW, I completely agree with Yanns points. Having two ways of
> configuring this (defconfigs and br2-external trees) makes things more
> complicated for little added value.

Also agree with Yann and Peter.

Kind regards,
Petr

      parent reply	other threads:[~2019-04-07 18:38 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-04-07  0:10 [Buildroot] [RFC 1/1] support/kconfig: Allow to override 'default' config property Vadim Kochan
2019-04-07  6:24 ` Yann E. MORIN
2019-04-07  6:36   ` Peter Korsgaard
2019-04-07  9:27     ` Vadim Kochan
2019-04-07 18:38     ` Petr Vorel [this message]

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