From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 17 Dec 2001 02:02:10 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 17 Dec 2001 02:02:00 -0500 Received: from [195.66.192.167] ([195.66.192.167]:15877 "EHLO Port.imtp.ilyichevsk.odessa.ua") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 17 Dec 2001 02:01:44 -0500 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="PT 154" From: vda To: "Eric S. Raymond" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kbuild-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: Configure.help has complete coverage for 2.4 and 2.5. Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2001 09:00:18 -0200 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.2] In-Reply-To: <20011216001652.A18497@thyrsus.com> In-Reply-To: <20011216001652.A18497@thyrsus.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <01121709001803.01828@manta> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sunday 16 December 2001 03:16, Eric S. Raymond wrote: > For only the second time in recorded history, the master > Configure.help file now has help entries corresponding to *all* > configuration symbols in live use in the kernel tree (both 2.4 and > 2.5). It is available for your downloading pleasure at: > > http://tuxedo.org/~esr/cml2/Configure.help.gz > > I had to write over 600 of the entries in this version myself, > including the last six. Please don't put me through that again -- > when you add a config option, *include a Configure.help entry in your > patch*. Not documenting how and why to configure your option is both > sloppy and antisocial. I beseech the current Elder Gods of the kernel > to reject future patches that neglect this step. > > Thanks to everyone who responded well to my nagging by sending in entries. And thank you Eric for your effort! Thank you! :-) -- vda