From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 18 May 2001 13:42:48 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 18 May 2001 13:42:38 -0400 Received: from snark.tuxedo.org ([207.106.50.26]:20745 "EHLO snark.thyrsus.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 18 May 2001 13:42:31 -0400 Date: Fri, 18 May 2001 13:41:04 -0400 From: "Eric S. Raymond" To: Alan Cox Cc: Tom Rini , Michael Meissner , Keith Owens , CML2 , kbuild-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: CML2 design philosophy heads-up Message-ID: <20010518134104.A16093@thyrsus.com> Reply-To: esr@thyrsus.com Mail-Followup-To: "Eric S. Raymond" , Alan Cox , Tom Rini , Michael Meissner , Keith Owens , CML2 , kbuild-devel@lists.sourceforge.net In-Reply-To: <20010518120434.F14309@thyrsus.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk on Fri, May 18, 2001 at 06:23:55PM +0100 Organization: Eric Conspiracy Secret Labs X-Eric-Conspiracy: There is no conspiracy Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Alan Cox : > What I am trying to say is that if you can infer probable configuration > categories that are relevant then instead of automatically filling the other > areas in and blocking changing them without using vi you can put the other > options as a submenu. That guides the less expert user and also helps rather > than hinders the expert OK, that's useful input. Noted. There's a bit of a technical problem with the distinction between derivations (which are like macros) and question symbols (which can be suppressed or unsuppressed depending on their visibility predicate But perhaps I can think up a solution to that one over lunch. -- Eric S. Raymond You [should] not examine legislation in the light of the benefits it will convey if properly administered, but in the light of the wrongs it would do and the harm it would cause if improperly administered -- Lyndon Johnson, former President of the U.S.