From: "Eric S. Raymond" <esr@thyrsus.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kbuild-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
Cc: torvalds@transmeta.com
Subject: Configure.help has complete coverage for 2.4 and 2.5.
Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2001 00:16:52 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20011216001652.A18497@thyrsus.com> (raw)
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
Fossil entries in this version have been garbage-collected out (I'm
keeping them in a dead-entries file in case any of them becomes
interesting again.) Entries for which the question symbol has merely
been commented out in CML1 have been retained.
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.
--
<a href="http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/">Eric S. Raymond</a>
Strict gun laws are about as effective as strict drug laws...It pains
me to say this, but the NRA seems to be right: The cities and states
that have the toughest gun laws have the most murder and mayhem.
-- Mike Royko, Chicago Tribune
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2001-12-16 5:16 Eric S. Raymond [this message]
2001-12-17 11:00 ` Configure.help has complete coverage for 2.4 and 2.5 vda
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