On Fri, Jan 06, 2006 at 10:39:30AM -0800, Randy.Dunlap wrote:
> On Fri, 6 Jan 2006, Jesper Juhl wrote:
>
> > On 1/6/06, Adrian Bunk <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > On Fri, Jan 06, 2006 at 06:49:55PM +0100, Jesper Juhl wrote:
> > > > On 1/6/06, Adrian Bunk <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > > > Do not allow people to create configurations with CONFIG_BROKEN=y.
> > > > >
> > > > > The sole reason for CONFIG_BROKEN=y would be if you are working on
> > > > > fixing a broken driver, but in this case editing the Kconfig file is
> > > > > trivial.
> > > > >
> > > > > Never ever should a user enable CONFIG_BROKEN.
> > > > >
> > > > I disagree (slightly) with this patch for a few reasons:
> > > >
> > > > - It's very convenient to be able to enable it through menuconfig.
> > >
> > > And when do you really need it?
> > >
> > Hmm, when I'm looking for broken stuff to fix ;)
> > I guess you are right, ordinary users don't need it.. Ok, count me in
> > as supporting this move.
>
> I'm having a little trouble determining why it matters.
>
> Are you trying to cut down on lkml bug reports or just make
> it harder on everyone?
I'm trying to remove a small trap for users.
> ~Randy
cu
Adrian
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