Re: [PATCH 1/3] WAN Kconfig: change "depends on HDLC" to "select"

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To: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...>
Cc: Jeff Garzik <jeff@...>, Roman Zippel <zippel@...>, Krzysztof Halasa <khc@...>, Russell King <rmk@...>, lkml <linux-kernel@...>, <netdev@...>, <linux-arm-kernel@...>
Date: Monday, May 7, 2007 - 6:39 pm

On 5/8/07, Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> wrote:

You're absolutely right, but to give Jeff the benefit of the doubt I'm
sure he _meant_ "users" there although he said "developers". Stating
the obvious, the developer _has_ to know what stuff his code uses
anyway, otherwise what does he "select"s or "depends" his config
option on.

As for users, we _can_ avoid pitfalls by building a complete
dependency tree and just selecting _everything_ that we require for a
particular config option to be selected, but some users could
conceivably prefer only being _told_ about what else they need to
successfully pick a config option (than everything just getting in
behind their backs). Actually (correct me if I'm wrong), this is not
presently possible: an option is not visible unless dependencies are
already picked. Just a suggestion, though.
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Re: [PATCH 1/3] WAN Kconfig: change "depends on HDLC" to "se..., Satyam Sharma, (Mon May 7, 6:39 pm)