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From: David Lang <david.lang@digitalinsight.com>
To: Giacomo Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
Cc: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@mandrakesoft.com>, andersen@codepoet.org,
        Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2002 06:56:44 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Re: linux kernel config converter
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On Thu, 21 Feb 2002, Giacomo Catenazzi wrote:

> David Lang wrote:
>
> >
> > 2. does it handle the 'I want this feature, turn on everything I need for
> > it'?
> >
> > 3. if it handles #2 what does it do if you turn off that feature again
> > (CML2 turns off anything it turned on to support that feature, assuming
> > nothing else needs it)
>
>
> These are tools dependent and not language dependent.
> Please split the two problem: the language and the configuration
> tools.

#3 may be, but #2 isn't possible if the language doesn't provide enough
info for the tool to know what is needed to make a feature work.

David Lang
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