[Buildroot] [PATCH 0/84 RFC] all: use 'menuconfig' to group sub-options (branch yem/menuconfig)

[Yann E. MORIN <yann.morin.1998@free.fr>]

Hello All!

This RFC series is a proposal to cleanup the layout of the menuconfig
UI. Although it looks to be pretty long (84 patches), it really is only
three different changes :

  - patches 1-6: re-order comments to fix indentation of sub-options;
    this can probably be applied without too much discussion, as it is
    really only a cleanup;

  - patches 7-35: changes use of 'config'+'menu' into a 'menuconfig'
    (the Kconfig keywords) to automatically arrange the sub-options into
    sub-menus;

  - patches 36-84: document that packages with 5 or more options should
    use sub-menus (with 'menuconfig') to store their sub-options
    (patches 36-39); it then changes a lot of packages accordingly
    (patches 40-84).


Using 'menuconfig' (like bar, below) instead of 'config'+'menu' (like
foo, below) provides a nicer layout (but that's just my taste!):

    [*] foo
        foo sub-menu --->
    [*] bar --->


Finally, moving 5-or-more sub-options to sub-menus also provides for a
nicer layout. Of course, I choose 5 arbitrarily; we can refine this
value, but 5 looked obvious to me.


Last note: I did try to hunt fro all packages, but it is not possible
to either:
  - review all Config.in, or
  - see all packages in the menuconfig UI (because of arch dependencies
    for example)

So, I may have missed a few... These can be fixed later.


This series is just an RFC, and is not available in Patchwork. If we
decide that we do want it, I'll rebase it and re-submit. However,
applyingg 84 patches from Patchwork is probably a bit cumbersome, so the
series is also available for git-pull (see below).

Regards,
Yann E. MORIN.


The following changes since commit 3068555c47c15afb62988d35e5e148dc691c6eb9:

  python-ipaddress: new package (2015-12-25 19:48:22 +0100)

are available in the git repository at:

  git://git.busybox.net/~ymorin/git/buildroot yem/menuconfig

for you to fetch changes up to a93897991f9d246db5f8b92c18e4edce191ec6d6:

  boot/uboot: use 'menuconfig' (2015-12-25 20:00:20 +0100)

----------------------------------------------------------------
Yann E. MORIN (84):
      package/alsa-lib: move comment around, to keep proper indentation
      package/gstreamer: move comment around, to keep proper indentation
      package/gstreamer1: move comment around, to keep proper indentation
      package/nodejs: move comment around, to keep proper indentation
      package/tcl: move comment around, to keep proper indentation
      package/udpcast: move comment around, to keep proper indentation
      package/alsa-lib: use 'menuconfig' instad of 'config'+'menu'
      package/alsa-utils: use 'menuconfig' instead of 'config'+'menu'
      package/angularjs: use 'menuconfig' instad of 'config'+'menu'
      package/angularjs: simplify modules selection
      package/collectd: use 'menuconfig' instead of 'config'+'menu'
      package/gd: use 'menuconfig' instad of 'config'+'menu'
      package/gpsd: use 'menuconfig' instead of 'config'+'menu'
      package/jquery: include external plugins from jquery's Config.in
      package/libdrm: move tests programs to the bottom
      package/libdrm: use 'menuconfig' instad of 'config'+'menu'
      package/mono: use 'menuconfig' instead of 'config'+'menu'
      package/ncftp: use 'menuconfig' instad of 'config'+'menu'
      package/nfs-utils: use 'menuconfig' instead of 'config'+'menu'
      package/nodejs: use 'menuconfig' instead of 'config'+'menu'
      package/ola: use 'menuconfig' instead of 'config'+'menu'
      package/perl: use 'menuconfig' instead of 'config'+'menu'
      package/php: move list of extensions after interface selection
      package/php: use 'menuconfig' instad of 'config'+'menu'
      package/python: use 'menuconfig' instad of 'config'+'menu'
      package/python3: use 'menuconfig' instad of 'config'+'menu'
      package/python{,3}: move inclusion of external python modules
      package/sdl_image: use 'menuconfig' instead of 'config'+'menu'
      package/tcl: use 'menuconfig' instad of 'config'+'menu'
      package/tiff: use 'menuconfig' instad of 'config'+'menu'
      package/udpcast: use 'menuconfig' instad of 'config'+'menu'
      package/gstreamer: include plugins from gstreamer's real Config.in
      package/gstreamer: use 'menuconfig' instead of 'config'+'menu'
      package/gstreamer1: include plugins from gstreamer1's real Config.in
      package/gstreamer1: use 'menuconfig' instead of 'config'+'menu'
      docs/manual: slightly compactify a paragraph
      docs/manual: add ordering of kconfig options' attributes
      docs/manual: add example about sub-options
      docs/manual: use 'menuconfig' when there are more than 5 sub-options
      package/valgrind: use 'menuconfig'
      package/e2fsprogs: use 'menuconfig'
      package/mtd: use 'menuconfig'
      package/squashfs: use 'menuconfig'
      package/dejavu: use 'menuconfig'
      package/google-material-design-icons: use 'menuconfig'
      package/directfb: use 'menuconfig'
      package/efl: use 'menuconfig'
      package/sdl: use 'menuconfig'
      package/sdl: include SDL external libraries from sdl's Config.in
      package/sdl_*: remove redundant dependency
      package/lm-sensors: use 'menuconfig'
      package/openocd: use 'menuconfig'
      package/erlang: include Erlang libraries from erlang's Config.in
      package/lua{,jit}: move inclusion of external libraries/modules
      package/sqlite: use 'menuconfig'
      package/cairo: use 'menuconfig'
      package/imlib2: use 'menuconfig'
      package/libiio: use 'menuconfig'
      package/flot: use 'menuconfig'
      package/boost: use 'menuconfig'
      package/poco: use 'menuconfig'
      package/ncurses: use 'menuconfig'
      package/dovecot: use 'menuconfig'
      package/gnuradio: use 'menuconfig'
      package/gnuradio: split long omment
      package/connman: use 'menuconfig'
      package/dnsmasq: use 'menuconfig'
      package/dropbear: use 'menuconfig'
      package/igh-ethercat: use 'menuconfig'
      package/ipsec-tools: use 'menuconfig'
      package/lftp: use 'menuconfig'
      package/lighttpd: use 'menuconfig'
      package/ndisc6: use 'menuconfig'
      package/netsnmp: use 'menuconfig'
      package/ntp: use 'menuconfig'
      package/openobex: use 'menuconfig'
      package/quagga: use 'menuconfig'
      package/transmission: use 'menuconfig'
      package/wpa-supplicant: use 'menuconfig'
      boot/at91bootstrap3: use 'menuconfig'
      boot/barebox: use 'menuconfig'
      boot/grub: use 'menuconfig'
      boot/mxs-bootlets: use 'menuconfig'
      boot/uboot: use 'menuconfig'

 boot/at91bootstrap3/Config.in                  |   2 +-
 boot/barebox/Config.in                         |   3 +-
 boot/grub/Config.in                            |  10 +-
 boot/mxs-bootlets/Config.in                    |   2 +-
 boot/uboot/Config.in                           |   3 +-
 docs/manual/adding-packages-directory.txt      |  73 +++++++-
 package/Config.in                              | 250 -------------------------
 package/alsa-lib/Config.in                     |  12 +-
 package/alsa-utils/Config.in                   |   7 +-
 package/angularjs/Config.in                    |  37 ++--
 package/angularjs/angularjs.mk                 |  24 ++-
 package/boost/Config.in                        |   2 +-
 package/cairo/Config.in                        |   2 +-
 package/collectd/Config.in                     |  21 +--
 package/connman/Config.in                      |   2 +-
 package/dejavu/Config.in                       |   2 +-
 package/directfb/Config.in                     |   2 +-
 package/dnsmasq/Config.in                      |   2 +-
 package/dovecot/Config.in                      |   2 +-
 package/dropbear/Config.in                     |   2 +-
 package/e2fsprogs/Config.in                    |   3 +-
 package/efl/Config.in                          |   2 +-
 package/erlang/Config.in                       |  17 +-
 package/flot/Config.in                         |   4 +-
 package/gd/Config.in                           |   6 +-
 package/gnuradio/Config.in                     |   9 +-
 package/google-material-design-icons/Config.in |   2 +-
 package/gpsd/Config.in                         |  25 +--
 package/gstreamer/Config.in                    |  12 --
 package/gstreamer/gstreamer/Config.in          |  20 +-
 package/gstreamer1/Config.in                   |  11 --
 package/gstreamer1/gstreamer1/Config.in        |  19 +-
 package/igh-ethercat/Config.in                 |   2 +-
 package/imlib2/Config.in                       |   3 +-
 package/ipsec-tools/Config.in                  |   2 +-
 package/jquery/Config.in                       |  17 +-
 package/lftp/Config.in                         |   2 +-
 package/libdrm/Config.in                       |  14 +-
 package/libiio/Config.in                       |   2 +-
 package/lighttpd/Config.in                     |   2 +-
 package/lm-sensors/Config.in                   |   3 +-
 package/lua/Config.ext                         |  49 +++++
 package/lua/Config.in                          |   4 +-
 package/luajit/Config.ext                      |   1 +
 package/luajit/Config.in                       |   4 +-
 package/mono/Config.in                         |   8 +-
 package/mtd/Config.in                          |   3 +-
 package/ncftp/Config.in                        |   6 +-
 package/ncurses/Config.in                      |   2 +-
 package/ndisc6/Config.in                       |   2 +-
 package/netsnmp/Config.in                      |   2 +-
 package/nfs-utils/Config.in                    |   6 +-
 package/nodejs/Config.in                       |  20 +-
 package/ntp/Config.in                          |   2 +-
 package/ola/Config.in                          |  14 +-
 package/openobex/Config.in                     |   2 +-
 package/openocd/Config.in                      |   4 +-
 package/perl/Config.in                         |  48 ++++-
 package/php/Config.ext                         |  20 +-
 package/php/Config.in                          |   6 +-
 package/poco/Config.in                         |   4 +-
 package/python/Config.ext                      |  96 ++++++++++
 package/python/Config.in                       |   6 +-
 package/python3/Config.ext                     |   1 +
 package/python3/Config.in                      |   6 +-
 package/quagga/Config.in                       |   2 +-
 package/sdl/Config.in                          |  11 +-
 package/sdl_gfx/Config.in                      |   1 -
 package/sdl_image/Config.in                    |   7 +-
 package/sdl_mixer/Config.in                    |   1 -
 package/sdl_net/Config.in                      |   1 -
 package/sdl_sound/Config.in                    |   1 -
 package/sdl_ttf/Config.in                      |   1 -
 package/sqlite/Config.in                       |   2 +-
 package/squashfs/Config.in                     |   2 +-
 package/tcl/Config.in                          |  15 +-
 package/tiff/Config.in                         |   4 +-
 package/transmission/Config.in                 |   3 +-
 package/udpcast/Config.in                      |  14 +-
 package/valgrind/Config.in                     |   2 +-
 package/wpa_supplicant/Config.in               |   2 +-
 81 files changed, 526 insertions(+), 496 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 package/lua/Config.ext
 create mode 120000 package/luajit/Config.ext
 create mode 100644 package/python/Config.ext
 create mode 120000 package/python3/Config.ext

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