> >>>>> "Thomas" == Thomas Molina <tmolina@home.com> writes:
>
> Thomas> On 28 Sep 1999, Jes Sorensen wrote:
> >> Except that it requires that the people who write the patches
> >> actually use these tools. There is no way I am going to waste time
> >> running menuconfig/xconfig before shipping something.
>
> Thomas> You seem to be saying you're going to make changes which work
> Thomas> with config, and you don't care if they break
> Thomas> menuconfig/xconfig? You're not even going to test the
> Thomas> changes? That seems akin to someone saying they want to make
> Thomas> changes which optomize running on an Alpha. Furthermore, they
> Thomas> don't care if it breaks x86 because that is a stupid
> Thomas> architecture.
>
> 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.
I've _never_ had a single problem with menuconfig.
I'd guess that most people outside the die-hard haxxor-'133+ uses
menuconfig & xconfig. They are simply more convenient and easy to handle.
If you have problems, REPORT them for the holy penguin's sake, don't just
complain about them being buggy...
/David Weinehall
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