From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Peter Korsgaard Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2009 09:33:08 +0200 Subject: [Buildroot] [PATCH 4/5] Remove BR2_TOPDIR_PREFIX and BR2_TOPDIR_SUFFIX In-Reply-To: <20090910083010.116ab844@surf> (Thomas Petazzoni's message of "Thu\, 10 Sep 2009 08\:30\:10 +0200") References: <2f7f4e844f89b99bde1ab32524d43ee7a82825a5.1252361088.git.thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com> <20090909173535.GA17081@mx.loc> <20090910083010.116ab844@surf> Message-ID: <87k507w8y3.fsf@macbook.be.48ers.dk> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: buildroot@busybox.net >>>>> "Thomas" == Thomas Petazzoni writes: Hi, >> 2) TOPDIR_PREFIX and TOPDIR_SUFFIX don't hurt and are convenient for >> some corner-cases. I'd keep them. Thomas> As they don't provide any additional value over O=, I'd prefer Thomas> to keep O=. One of the reason for which Buildroot is too Thomas> complicated today is because there are multiple ways of Thomas> achieving the same thing. This multitude of options is Thomas> confusing for newcomers. I agree. I much prefer the KISS principle. I think the main thing buildroot has going for itself compared to the other build systems is simplicity. It is (imho) a lot smaller and simpler to understand and start hacking on for outsiders. -- Bye, Peter Korsgaard