Re: 5000 emails later, compressed summary ;)

Ion Badulescu (ionut@moisil.cs.columbia.edu)
Sat, 6 Jun 1998 18:20:18 -0400 (EDT)


On Thu, 4 Jun 1998, Alan Cox wrote:

[Michael Chastain wrote:]
> > It is convenient and it does save hours of compile time. But I think
> > it's a new feature, and as a new feature, it doesn't belong in 2.0.XX.
>
> I tend to agree (for now anyway)

Yes, it's a feature, but it's not really touching the code directly.. My
reasoning was that, even if the dependencies failed to trigger
recompilation of the code, people doing the recommended

> make clean; make dep; make zImage

would not be affected.

Anyway, it's entirely your decision.

> > Of course I defer to Alan Cox as the arbiter of what belongs in 2.0.XX.
>
> Do take the trouble to call me names when I make a silyl choice though

:-)

Thanks,
Ion

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