Re: State of the new config & build system

Legacy Fishtank (garzik@havoc.gtf.org)
Fri, 28 Dec 2001 23:09:24 -0500


On Sat, Dec 29, 2001 at 12:44:00PM +1100, Keith Owens wrote:
> For people who know what they are doing, not for the larger population
> that are struggling with the kernel build process. kbuild 2.5 is
> designed to work accurately and automatically for everyone, from the
> high druids of the kernel down to the lowliest newbie.

Kernel building is not for newbies.

I'm all for lowering the barrier of entry until it affects the
productivity of people actually hacking on the code.

Jeff

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