Re: Shouldn't kconfig defaults match recommendations in help text?

From: Jesper Juhl
Date: Tue Aug 24 2004 - 14:36:40 EST


On Tue, 24 Aug 2004, Roman Zippel wrote:

> Hi,
>
> On Mon, 23 Aug 2004, Jesper Juhl wrote:
>
> > Would patches to change default configuration choices to match the
> > recommendation given in the help text (if any) be acceptable? If not I'd
> > be interrested in the reasons why not.
>
> Different configurations require different defaults and the current help
> text is rather static. The basic problem is that most recommendations are
> rather ix86 specific. I think an overuse of defaults is the wrong way to
> go.
>
I'll be sure to keep that in mind.
I will not go crazy with this and make everything default to the
recommendations but try and only do it where it actually makes good sense
- I'm hoping for people to review these patches and comment on the
"saneness".

--
Jesper Juhl


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