Re: [kbuild-devel] Re: CML2 design philosophy heads-up

John Cowan
2001-05-18T15:54:13Z

Jes Sorensen wrote:

> Telling them to install an updated gcc for kernel compilation
> is a necessary evil, which can easily be done without disturbing the
> rest of the system. Updating the system's python installation is not a
> reasonable request.

Au contraire. It is very reasonable to have both python and python2
installed. Having two different gcc versions installed is a big pain
in the arse.

> So far I haven't heard a single
> developer say something positive about CML2, the most positive I have
> heard so far has been "whatever", "it's his choice", "I don't care",
> "I want to hack". The majority are of the "NO!" and "you got to be
> kiddin'".

Anonymized hearsay evidence is less than convincing.

> Let's just say you didn't exactly give peoiple a good impression with
> the trolling around on how everybody had to change their option names
> and how important it was for the world.

Decidedly bad form to criticize someone for a bug (in this case,
a design bug) that's already been fixed. If that behavior starts,
who shall escape hanging?

> I do not have Python2 installed and I do not plan to, if you
> change CML2 to use a reasonable programming language I might give it a
> try.

Those who don't remember the past are condemned to repeat it.

John Cowan, _novus homo_ (Latin for "upstart")

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