From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753778AbXDLBCV (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 Apr 2007 21:02:21 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753786AbXDLBCV (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 Apr 2007 21:02:21 -0400 Received: from [202.78.101.198] ([202.78.101.198]:45506 "EHLO mail.hq.astra.ph" rhost-flags-FAIL-FAIL-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753778AbXDLBCU (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 Apr 2007 21:02:20 -0400 Message-ID: <461D84EB.7040207@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2007 09:01:31 +0800 From: Carlo Florendo User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.10 (Windows/20070221) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Robert P. J. Day" Cc: Jan Engelhardt , Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: "menu" versus "menuconfig" -- they're *both* a bad idea References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Robert P. J. Day wrote: > (in short, if i, the builder, explicitly choose *not* to add a > certain feature to my build, i think i have every right to expect that > some other part of my configuration isn't quietly going to put some > sub-choice of that feature back in behind my back.) I agree with this. However, if another feature actually depends on another explicitly unselected feature, there should at least be a warning prompt that such is the case. It probably would be hard though to track all dependencies. Best Regards, Carlo -- Carlo Florendo Softare Engineer/Network Co-Administrator Astra Philippines Inc. UP-Ayala Technopark, Diliman 1101, Quezon City Philippines http://www.astra.ph -- The Astra Group of Companies 5-3-11 Sekido, Tama City Tokyo 206-0011, Japan http://www.astra.co.jp