[U-Boot] [RFC] Menu Frameworj

Wolfgang Denk
2009-06-14T10:22:00Z

Dear Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD,

In message <20090614092233.GE22856@game.jcrosoft.org> you wrote:
>
> > > > Is this new invented code, or is this in any way an adaption of
> > > > exiting code, like the menu interface as used on the Openmoko
> > > > Freerunner etc. ?
> > > new code that I write myself why?
> >
> > This is bad. Re-inventing the wheel again and again does not make it
> > better.
> I write what I need

So do I. And I write it from scratch when I cannot find existing code
that does what I need, or that I consider unacceptable for other
easons. But whenever I find existing soplutions I try to reuse them.
That's the core idea of software engineering.

> > May I please ask you to read it now, and either adapt it or come up
> > with a compatible implementation?
> >
> > I'd rather see convergence and consolidation (i. e. pulling
> > out-of-tree features into mainline) instead of ever growing
> > divergence.
> why? They have no wish to come mainline.

But you do.

> I'll no adapt the API I use for my own need to match theirs
> If they want to use it they can do it but I'll not do the effort for them

And I hereby state that I will not accept any new menu system code
into U-Boot mainline until it has been at least checked if there is a
way to unify this with the Openmoko approach.

You prefer your own code, so please prove that it is so much better
than the Openmoko code. Otherwise your efforts would be better
invested in pulling their code into mainline, and extending / adap-
ting it such that it fits your purposes.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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