From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sun, 5 May 2002 20:42:06 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sun, 5 May 2002 20:42:05 -0400 Received: from adsl-63-194-239-202.dsl.lsan03.pacbell.net ([63.194.239.202]:60400 "EHLO mmp-linux.matchmail.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sun, 5 May 2002 20:42:05 -0400 Date: Sun, 5 May 2002 17:42:04 -0700 From: Mike Fedyk To: Paul Mackerras Cc: Keith Owens , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: kbuild 2.5 is ready for inclusion in the 2.5 kernel Message-ID: <20020506004204.GJ2392@matchmail.com> Mail-Followup-To: Paul Mackerras , Keith Owens , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <11028.1020422524@ocs3.intra.ocs.com.au> <15571.33592.365558.215598@argo.ozlabs.ibm.com> <15571.38378.376365.3387@argo.ozlabs.ibm.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sat, May 04, 2002 at 06:03:54PM +1000, Paul Mackerras wrote: > I still think that the time to build the global makefile is big enough > and obvious enough that many people (including myself) will want to > see it optimized, either by making the process itself more efficient > or by caching the result and re-using it where possible. But it's still faster than kbuild-2.4. This shouldn't keep it from going into mainline. Just like anything else, the itch will be scratched if there's enough irritation, and inclusion of the new kbuild should at first *reduce* the irritation that's already there now.