Re: Kernel Compilation Project

On 30 Nov 1998 15:45:51 +0100,
 Ben Collins <[e-mail]> wrote:
>How about just asking people to send you their .config's and create a huge
>database of which you can randomly choose a configuration to test. This
>will assure you get real world configurations as well as the most used
>setup's. Plus I'm sure there will be quite a few 'strange-but-true'
>configurations which you can test as well. Of course you will have to
>update the database almost as frequently as the kernel revs.

In this way you miss new options.
This project should assure, that the new kernel-version will compile
with almoust all configs.
But to get an config from users, the kernel must be released.

An alternative is to adapt the current configs if a new kernel-option
arises.

Ciao
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Rainer Nagel			
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