Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 4 Dec 2001 12:29:47 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 4 Dec 2001 12:28:38 -0500 Received: from krusty.E-Technik.Uni-Dortmund.DE ([129.217.163.1]:51214 "EHLO krusty.e-technik.uni-dortmund.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 4 Dec 2001 12:20:35 -0500 Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2001 18:20:33 +0100 From: Matthias Andree To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [kbuild-devel] Converting the 2.5 kernel to kbuild 2.5 Message-ID: <20011204182033.B12538@emma1.emma.line.org> Mail-Followup-To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <20011204173309.A10746@emma1.emma.line.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.22.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, 04 Dec 2001, Alan Cox wrote: > > Creating a dependency on Python? Is a non-issue. Current systems that > > are to run 2.5 or 2.6 are bloated beyond belief by glibc already, Python > > is nice and it does not create such unmaintainable mess. Whether > > Python2 - which means most users dont have it. Every new kernel version required new tools, 2.2 particularly many, 2.4 also some, so it's just one more tool to add in the end. Current distributions already ship with Python2, and probably all will when distributors know that Python2 will be needed to configure Linux 2.5 or 2.6. -- Matthias Andree "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." Benjamin Franklin - 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/