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Date:   Thu, 4 Oct 2018 13:39:50 -0700
From:   Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org>
To:     Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org>
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Subject: Re: [kconfig-sat] [ANN] init-kconfig - easy way to embrace Linux's
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On Thu, Oct 04, 2018 at 01:09:00PM -0700, Josh Triplett wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 04, 2018 at 01:02:49PM -0700, Luis Chamberlain wrote:
> > Every now and then a project is born, and they decide to use Linux's
> > kconfig to enable configuration of their project. As it stands we *know*
> > kconfig is now used in at least over 12 different projects [0]. I myself
> > added kconfig to one as well years ago. Even research reveals that
> > kconfig has become one of the leading industrial variability modeling
> > languages [1] [2].
> > 
> > What is often difficult to do though is to start off using kconfig and
> > integrating it into a project. Or updating / syncing to the latest
> > kconfig from upstream Linux.
> > 
> > I had yet another need to use kconfig for another small project so
> > decided to make a clean template others can use and help keep it in sync.
> > This is a passive fork which aims to keep in sync with the Linux
> > kernel's latest kconfig to make it easier to keep up to date and to
> > enable new projects to use and embrace kconfig on their own.  The goal
> > is *not* to fork kconfig and evolve it separately, but rather keep in
> > sync with the evolution of kconfig on Linux to make it easier for
> > projects to use kconfig and also update their own kconfig when needed.
> 
> Is there a *fundamental* reason that we couldn't have this *be* Linux
> kconfig, whether pulled in by submodule or regular merges, and avoid
> having any divergence at all?

The structure of kconfig in Linux would have to be changed to make
adoption and sync easier. If that is a goal we wish to embrace, I'm
all for it.

  Luis