From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Robert P. J. Day" Subject: Re: [PATCH] net/, drivers/net/ , missing EXPERIMENTAL in menus Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2007 16:23:09 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: References: <469E75AA.7040109@pimpmylinux.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List , netdev@vger.kernel.org To: Gabriel C Return-path: Received: from nic.NetDirect.CA ([216.16.235.2]:50394 "EHLO rubicon.netdirect.ca" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757771AbXGRUZM (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 Jul 2007 16:25:12 -0400 In-Reply-To: <469E75AA.7040109@pimpmylinux.org> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org On Wed, 18 Jul 2007, Gabriel C wrote: > Everything 'depends on' EXPERIMENTAL should be marked as such, > visible in the menus. rather than add all that extraneous dreck to the Kconfig files, i *really* wish folks would give serious thought to my earlier suggestion about a "maturity level" attribute that could be used to not only add a parenthesized maturity level during display, but could also be used to activate/deactivate entire levels in one operation. there's no point adding all that redundant content when it can all be done automatically. rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA http://fsdev.net/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page ========================================================================