[U-Boot] [RFC] Menu Frameworj

Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD
2009-06-14T10:29:30Z

On 12:22 Sun 14 Jun , Wolfgang Denk wrote:
> 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 do not as I'm not pay to merge them stuff
>
> > 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.
I'll not do it as Openmoko guys do not want to do the effort to come mainline
I'm not pay to do this job. Feel free to ask them I'll not waste my time
on this ask again
>
> 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.
I do think we need to not work this way if they want to come mainline THEY need to
do this effort I will not do it for them

Best Regards,
J.