From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Denys Vlasenko Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/1] Embedded Maintainer(s), linux-embedded@vger list Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2008 20:19:11 +0200 Message-ID: <200806232019.11546.vda.linux@googlemail.com> References: <1209577322.25560.402.camel@pmac.infradead.org> <200806231928.09458.vda.linux@googlemail.com> <20080623174537.GB4756@cs181140183.pp.htv.fi> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:from:to:subject:date :user-agent:cc:references:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:message-id; bh=LxGmzaW69wxUHxD4I34d9tmYEAEuzEt82y1DoHmqavk=; b=kWbqASvNWj/oH/cWAv02d9+RZqF9UCydf63aXPYsmEfZDCh9plrsP5nsw+JdG5PwgJ odxYPAmwZN38p87YmWU0YYgJ8nzT/lKGkoIJ02l2H9j62xsZpFkNbjqzzufF/59EkuJ8 8YNw+v0qnJPLfEjsPYCi0cL3HI0+x+fMlBHmU= In-Reply-To: <20080623174537.GB4756@cs181140183.pp.htv.fi> Content-Disposition: inline Sender: linux-embedded-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: Adrian Bunk Cc: Andi Kleen , David Woodhouse , Tim Bird , torvalds@linux-foundation.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org, Paul Gortmaker , linux-embedded@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Monday 23 June 2008 19:45, Adrian Bunk wrote: > Plus the fact that you often get into situations where more options > mean complex and fragile stuff. Read the Kconfig files under > drivers/media/ and check in git all commits to them since 2.6.25 alone, > and you'll understand why "add an option for every bit" can result in > very high ongoing maintainance work required. > > Not everything that is technically possible is also maintainable, and > maintainability is a very important point in a project with several > million lines changing each year. Well, I am not (and was not) disputing this. I agree with it. CONFIGs should not be multiplying like rabbits. -- vda