Re: [PATCH 17/17] BLOCK: Make it possible to disable the block layer [try #2]

[Bodo Eggert]

Stefan Richter <stefanr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> "select" would not be needed if the configurator wouldn't make an option
> _invisible_ if it depends on another disabled option. It would be nice
> if the option would stay visible (or better yet, would be optionally
> visible) and had pointers to unfulfilled dependencies.
> 
> Or more generally spoken, "select" would not be needed if there were
> other means to switch the configurator's UI to a layout that exposes
> more details about dependencies. There is already such a UI mode which
> fully exposes _fulfilled_ dependencies.

The "options with pointers to (unfullfilled) dependencies" that should be
visible are (or should be) exactly the options now using select. In other
words, only make fooconfig needs to be enheanced.
-- 
Ich danke GMX dafür, die Verwendung meiner Adressen mittels per SPF
verbreiteten Lügen zu sabotieren.

http://david.woodhou.se/why-not-spf.html
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