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Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2002 01:43:54 +0100
From: Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org>
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To: "J.A. Magallon" <jamagallon@able.es>
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Subject: Re: alternative linux configurator prototype v0.2
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Hi,

"J.A. Magallon" wrote:

> There is something (as an 'external' viewer) I never understood.
> Why nobody has taken the 'obvious' way ?
> - Perl is much more extended that python and better? than sh for CML.

Because we should get away from a language, what we need are properties.
E.g. a driver has dependencies on other parts of the kernel or has
configuration options and these properties should be expressed as clear
as possible.

bye, Roman
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