Agreed.
> Some ideas:
>
> All the adjustable defines are kept in a database. Each define is
> classified with cross-references, dependencies, and options. This
> is so that different config programs can have different menu systems,
> yet be (mostly) independent of the kernel version.
And what format shall this take? It needs to be parsable from sh using
only expr, sed, and awk.
> Help is stored in a separate file. Each define gets a paragraph.
> The DOS 5 help file format is simple to use
Um, shouldn't we use something flexible that meets our needs rather
than somebody else's?
> This needs to be done in 1.3.x really soon.
Maybe. I'm not convinced the configuration is that badly broken.
Proper documentation of the sources is more important, in my opinion. ;-)
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