From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-5.8 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E313BC63777 for ; Thu, 26 Nov 2020 09:13:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 89F6120DD4 for ; Thu, 26 Nov 2020 09:13:49 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=infradead.org header.i=@infradead.org header.b="FOEY4NHS" Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S2389160AbgKZJNe (ORCPT ); Thu, 26 Nov 2020 04:13:34 -0500 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:45144 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1732910AbgKZJNd (ORCPT ); Thu, 26 Nov 2020 04:13:33 -0500 Received: from casper.infradead.org (casper.infradead.org [IPv6:2001:8b0:10b:1236::1]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E3C66C0613D4; Thu, 26 Nov 2020 01:13:32 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=infradead.org; s=casper.20170209; h=In-Reply-To:Content-Type:MIME-Version: References:Message-ID:Subject:Cc:To:From:Date:Sender:Reply-To: Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-ID:Content-Description; bh=fpxCoZp/fVTV3nfcRbvgEMI7fyDG0Ed4Z5/IweW+i6g=; b=FOEY4NHSWhz0XHQIP0SREqQUwK EtFUsIyu8Jf4LIA01cb+GKH9A/FbYZGsXim9dhnEgGyZhtujwywzhLLSaUH50se6z83kzhqtcyUjC LZdQUFk2B8Z0YEC3JJaYkOqkA4J1lhztKK6JF0+lJ2Lf6ZmLmP7q/Xk4sidsWZVXDyBvkKX/sNi7c T71bA7+jTd73kCEXlgklua/GM1cIMH1BPo+l7uB2cbsfxAJYdo11/k4UGavBp4uo/Oovxtusf/HVk OFqcEp44IY8rCrQHUdLXpZvpZaqIlzlfBeoXYZxLYUOQLpyKHkq94fAr4aSJ2XqZLrvSRZr7cSITM 51Q0ynxQ==; Received: from hch by casper.infradead.org with local (Exim 4.92.3 #3 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1kiDLF-0006Fz-3B; Thu, 26 Nov 2020 09:13:29 +0000 Date: Thu, 26 Nov 2020 09:13:29 +0000 From: Christoph Hellwig To: Luis Chamberlain Cc: Masahiro Yamada , Linux Kbuild mailing list , Boris Kolpackov , Johannes Berg , Felix Fietkau , Patrick Franz , Ingo Molnar , Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo , Junio C Hamano , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: kconfig as a git subtree on Linux Message-ID: <20201126091329.GA21541@infradead.org> References: <20201125172544.GJ4332@42.do-not-panic.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20201125172544.GJ4332@42.do-not-panic.com> X-SRS-Rewrite: SMTP reverse-path rewritten from by casper.infradead.org. See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Nov 25, 2020 at 05:25:44PM +0000, Luis Chamberlain wrote: > I'd like to propose we discuss the possibility of taking kconfig and > making it a git subtree under the Linux kernel. This would allow > other projects outside of the Linux kernel to be able to update their > own copy / fork of kconfig in a jiffie *very* easily. Hell no. Not because I'm against sharing, but because git submodules are a complete fucking pain to deal with. Adding submodules just fucks up being able to easily use a repository.