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From: Jim Freeman <jfree@sovereign.org>
To: "Eric S. Raymond" <esr@thyrsus.com>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kbuild-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [kbuild-devel] Re: Remaining undocumented Configure.help symbols
Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2001 07:54:27 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20010601075427.A23321@sovereign.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20010529145940.A11498@thyrsus.com> <20010530185542.R14293@corellia.laforge.distro.conectiva> <20010530182012.D1305@thyrsus.com> <20010531144328.A16811@sovereign.org> <20010531191055.A13056@thyrsus.com>
In-Reply-To: <20010531191055.A13056@thyrsus.com>


On Thu, May 31, 2001 at 07:10:55PM -0400, Eric S. Raymond wrote:
> Jim Freeman <jfree@sovereign.org>:
> > The verbiage in these entries seems 'make config' / text-interaction
> > -centric.  Granted, that's likely the context most kernel builders will
> > use, but it would seem fair to at least consider a broader audience
> > who may be using more gui-ish tools wrapped around extant content.
> 
> This is a general problem with almost all the existing entries, and
> will have to await a future editing pass for solution.  For now I think
> it's more important to have consistent cues that users can recognize,
> even if they're not literally appropriate.

Agreed - in the meantime, just wanted to have the issue acknowledged
and put on the roadmap.

      reply	other threads:[~2001-06-01 13:54 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2001-05-29 18:59 Remaining undocumented Configure.help symbols Eric S. Raymond
2001-05-30 21:55 ` Harald Welte
2001-05-30 22:20   ` Eric S. Raymond
2001-05-30 22:50     ` Jim Treadway
2001-05-31 20:43     ` Jim Freeman
2001-05-31 23:10       ` [kbuild-devel] " Eric S. Raymond
2001-06-01 13:54         ` Jim Freeman [this message]

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