Re: KBuild 2.5 Impressions

[Dan Kegel <dank@kegel.com>]

Daniel Phillips wrote:
> Well, actually a lot of the work done by Kai is simply importing
> portions of Keith's work that break out easily, which is purely
> duplication of effort, since such work is already in progress.  In
> fact it creates more work, because then we have to go parse Kai's
> patches and find out what he submitted, then see if it gets applied
> so we can mark it 'applied' in the list.  This is a real waste of
> time, and did I mention, it's divisive?

Linus sees Kai as being the most promising fellow to
integrate kbuild2.5 right now (see
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=102307114005894&w=2 )
and Kai is willing to take it on in just the way Linus wants.
It's probably worth giving Kai and Linus the benefit of the doubt for a while,
even if it does mean having to rejigger the kbuild-2.5 patch
each time Linux accepts one of Kai's patches.

I personally am anxious to see kbuild-2.5 make it into the kernel,
but I also feel it can only benefit from a strong review of
the sort that comes about during gradual evolution
of the kernel build process towards the techniques used by kbuild-2.5.

Thanks to everyone, Keith, Daniel, Thunder, and Kai, who are
working (together or not!) on moving the kernel build process
into the modern era.
- Dan