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From: Rene Herman <rene.herman@gmail.com>
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On 04-05-08 09:10, Sam Ravnborg wrote:

> Today we have two ways to express/solve dependencies.
> 
> Top-down we have "depends on"
> and bottom up we have "select".
> 
> The "depends on" dependencies at the same
> time impact the visibility of a symbol.
> A symbol with "depends on" not satisfied are not
> visible and thus not shown in menuconfig.

I've always really disliked the visibility thing. I believe it's not really 
the core issue here but regardless of anything else, could we not "grey out" 
non-selectable options with its helpt text still available? That's much more 
the standard UI paradigm.

Rene.