Re: [kbuild-devel] Re: CML2 design philosophy heads-up

Eric S. Raymond
2001-05-18T16:00:13Z

Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>:
> > In general this is the best option, if you create a non-standard
> > configuration for machine foo then it is your problem, not everybody
> > else's.
>
> Which makes CML2 inferior to CML1 again. Now if it could parse CML1 rulesets
> this whole discussion wouldn't be needed.

I think you're confusing a couple of different issues here, Alan. Even
supposing CML2 could parse CML1 rulesets, the design question about how
configuration *should* work (that is, what kind of user experience we
want to create and who we optimize ruleset design for) wouldn't go away.

I'm raising these questions now because CML2's capabilities invite
thinking about them. But they're independent of the underlying language.
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