David> On 28 Sep 1999, Jes Sorensen wrote:
>> make config & oldconfig are the references here, there have always
>> been problems with the others. The Alpha is known to work and I try
>> to test my changes on it.
David> I've _never_ had a single problem with menuconfig.
I have seen problems in the past, the "forget to deal with default
values for new options" for example. It is possible that menuconfig
has been fixed since then, but when you start getting lots of bug
reports from people because they ran some strange thing instead of
oldconfig you get really annoyed and tell your users to use what you
know works.
David> I'd guess that most people outside the die-hard haxxor-'133+
David> uses menuconfig & xconfig. They are simply more convenient and
David> easy to handle.
I suspect most developers use the methods, they are nice and have
always been reliable. Whether new ones are more convenient is highly
discussable ;-)
Jes
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