Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 11 Apr 2001 20:44:25 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 11 Apr 2001 20:44:15 -0400 Received: from nat-hdqt.valinux.com ([198.186.202.17]:32035 "EHLO golux.thyrsus.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 11 Apr 2001 20:44:00 -0400 Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2001 20:45:23 -0400 From: esr@thyrsus.com To: Alan Cox Cc: Christoph Hellwig , Dave Jones , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kbuild-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, "Eric S. Raymond" Subject: Re: CML2 1.0.0 release announcement Message-ID: <20010411204523.C9081@thyrsus.com> Reply-To: esr@thyrsus.com Mail-Followup-To: esr@thyrsus.com, Alan Cox , Christoph Hellwig , Dave Jones , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kbuild-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, "Eric S. Raymond" In-Reply-To: <20010411191940.A9081@thyrsus.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk on Thu, Apr 12, 2001 at 12:33:07AM +0100 Organization: Eric Conspiracy Secret Labs X-Eric-Conspiracy: There is no conspiracy Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Alan Cox : > Ok I see where you are going with that argument. However when you parse all > the existing Config.in files into a tree you can see those properties by > looking from any node back to its dependancies Granted. If, that is, the representation you generate supports that kind of backtracking. This turns out to be very hard if you're starting from an imperative representation rather than a declarative one. But, as a separate issue, the CML2 design *could* be reworked to support a multiple-apex tree, if there were any advantage to doing so. I don't see one. Do you? -- Eric S. Raymond Good intentions will always be pleaded for every assumption of authority. It is hardly too strong to say that the Constitution was made to guard the people against the dangers of good intentions. There are men in all ages who mean to govern well, but they mean to govern. They promise to be good masters, but they mean to be masters. -- Daniel Webster - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/