Re: As 2.0 looms

Michael K. Johnson (johnsonm@nigel.vnet.net)
Mon, 29 Apr 1996 11:43:25 -0400


Paul Gortmaker writes:
>Here is a patch to move the choice of alpha-test code to the top of
>the configuration process, as per Alan's suggestion.

Good!

One slight change I'd like to request:

>+ internals are usually welcomed by the developers. Unless you intend
>+ to help test and develop a feature or driver that falls into this
>+ category, you should probably say N here, which will cause this
>+ configure script to present you with less choices. If you say Y here,
^^^^
>+ you will be offered the choice of using features or drivers that are
>+ currently considered to be in the alpha-test phase.

*fewer* choices.

(Isn't it terrible when magazine editors meddle in kernel development
mailing lists?)

Thank you :-)

michaelkjohnson