Your message dated Wed, 21 May 2008 18:07:15 +0200
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and subject line Re: linux-source-2.6.16: menuconfig should say what the raw
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has caused the Debian Bug report #368683,
regarding linux-source-2.6.16: menuconfig should say what the raw default is
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Package: linux-source-2.6.16
Version: 2.6.16-13
Severity: normal
menuconfig provides defaults, and it also sometimes gives hints like
"if you're all like 'WTF?' then you can safely say Y here".
that's nice, but was that default there because of my old .config? or
is it a real default?
menuconfig should say:
o the default if you leave it alone
o the raw default (as if you had no previous .config)
these are different things.
i leave severity at normal because i think this much usability affects
a lot of users who struggle with menuconfig. please feel free to
change it.
i report here instead of kernel.org because i think reportbug should
allow that, and many maintainers do forward upstream.
thanks for maintaining the debian kernels.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.11--from-2.6.9-proc-config-and-menuconfig
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Versions of packages linux-source-2.6.16 depends on:
ii binutils 2.15-6 The GNU assembler, linker and bina
ii bzip2 1.0.2-7 high-quality block-sorting file co
Versions of packages linux-source-2.6.16 recommends:
ii gcc 4:3.3.5-3 The GNU C compiler
ii libc6-dev [libc-dev] 2.3.6-7 GNU C Library: Development Librari
ii make 3.80-9 The GNU version of the "make" util
-- no debconf information
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i do not get a word of what you assume to be a bug.
anyway menuconfig is unpatched in debian,
if recent linux-2.6 have usability issues
please file them in bugzilla.kernel.org
thanks for your report
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maks
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