From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751532AbXBEQvE (ORCPT ); Mon, 5 Feb 2007 11:51:04 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751634AbXBEQvE (ORCPT ); Mon, 5 Feb 2007 11:51:04 -0500 Received: from caramon.arm.linux.org.uk ([217.147.92.249]:3204 "EHLO caramon.arm.linux.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751532AbXBEQvB (ORCPT ); Mon, 5 Feb 2007 11:51:01 -0500 Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2007 16:50:45 +0000 From: Russell King To: Linus Torvalds Cc: David Woodhouse , Ingo Molnar , Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: [patch] MTD: fix DOC2000/2001/2001PLUS build error Message-ID: <20070205165045.GD4563@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> Mail-Followup-To: Linus Torvalds , David Woodhouse , Ingo Molnar , Linux Kernel Mailing List References: <20070205084523.GA21858@elte.hu> <1170682488.29759.795.camel@pmac.infradead.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Feb 05, 2007 at 08:32:50AM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote: > If "X" then needs Y, Z and something else to actually compile, then that > Kconfig file should DAMN WELL use "select". Stop claiming anything else! Disagree. The UI app should handle this and ask the user if it's okay to proceed to enable that option along with the others. All we should be doing in the Kconfig files is describing the dependencies for user-visible symbols. If we want to allow the user to enable something, it's up to the UI _itself_ to sort out the dependencies. Principle of least surprise. Principle of giving the user control. As I say at the moment throwing "select" is just moving the bloody problem around. It's not actually _solving_ anything, and anyone who thinks otherwise is a nutcase! -- Russell King Linux kernel 2.6 ARM Linux - http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/ maintainer of: