Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2003 16:28:48 +0100
From: John Bradford <john@grabjohn.com>
Message-Id: <200307251528.h6PFSmPQ001169@81-2-122-30.bradfords.org.uk>
To: john@grabjohn.com, zippel@linux-m68k.org
Subject: RE: why the current kernel config menu layout is a mess
Cc: ecki-lkm@lina.inka.de, Fabian.Frederick@prov-liege.be,
       linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, rpjday@mindspring.com
Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org
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> > Maybe a completely new, out of kernel tree configurator would be worth
> > thinking about, leaving the in-kernel configurator as a legacy option.
> > I know the config system underwent a major overhaul during 2.5, but I
> > think we could go even further.
>
> Maybe you should look first at something before you throw it away?
> Kconfig is already modular, the Kconfig parser is a library, which you can 
> easily connect to your favourite script language and then you can do with 
> the Kconfig data whatever you want.

Sorry, I meant make the current targets, like menuconfig and xconfig
legacy options, not eliminate the Kconfig parser altogether.

John.
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