Re: Configure.help in 2.5.3-pre6

[Patrick Mauritz <oxygene@studentenbude.ath.cx>]

On Wed, Jan 30, 2002 at 06:35:43AM +0000, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> >config' works.  The new per-config.in config.help is here to stay.
should be more easy to maintain - should make eric more happy

> Yes. On the other hand, if there are real problems with converting
> menu/x config to multiple help-files, a short-term answer might indeed
> be just the silly "concatenate everything into the same file".
short being between now and the cml2 inclusion?

> I'd much _prefer_ to have somebody who knows menuconfug/xconfig (or just
> wants to learn).  I have a totally untested patch for menuconfig, that
> probably just works (like the regular config thing it doesn't actualy
> take _advantage_ of pairing the Config.help files up with the questions,
> but at least it should give you the help texts like it used to). 
hmm... maybe that's a good place to finally drop cml1? given that cml2
copes with that new help-format that is *hint*

patrick mauritz
(starting an old discussion again)
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