On Thu, Dec 29, 2005 at 05:39:00AM +0100, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 28, 2005 at 02:27:35PM -0600, Matt Mackall wrote:
> >...
> > +config VM86
> > + depends X86
> > + default y
> > + bool "Enable VM86 support" if EMBEDDED
> > + help
> > + This option is required by programs like DOSEMU to run 16-bit legacy
> > + code on X86 processors. It also may be needed by software like
> > + XFree86 to initialize some video cards via BIOS. Disabling this
> > + option saves about 6k.
> >...
>
> I don't like such space statements ("about 6k") in help texts, since
> history has shown that noone updates them when the actual size
> changes...
What would you prefer? It's important to give a relative size vs
functionality savings so people can decide whether they want a feature
and simply saying a little/a lot is insufficient.
--
Mathematics is the supreme nostalgia of our time.
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