Re: linux kernel conf 0.8

From: Sam Ravnborg (sam@ravnborg.org)
Date: Thu Oct 10 2002 - 12:51:23 EST


On Thu, Oct 10, 2002 at 01:32:11PM -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> The kernel is written for people with a clue. For people without a
> clue, they should use a vendor kernel or ESR's Aunt-Tillie-friendly system.
>
> Dumbing-down the kernel is never the right answer.

Well I'm not talking about dumbing-down the kernel. What I'm talking about
is to keep existing functionality.
For sure the kernel is made for people with a clue, but still people
with a clue sometimes makes stupid mistakes.

A build system that catches obvious stupid mistakes is IMHO a good thing.
But it shall not that for any cost, and the normal incremental build
shall continue to be as fast as possible.

        Sam
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