Re: Request for comment -- a better attribution system

2001-04-24 Thread esr
get new maintainers to appear for orphaned code > as 'if by magic' > > Alternatively not, of course. This is part of my intention. -- http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/";>Eric S. Raymond Never trust a man who praises compassion while pointing a gun at you. - T

Happy news for the speed freaks

2001-04-13 Thread esr
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A note of thanks to all

2001-04-12 Thread esr
ssentially full time for the next three weeks. You will find me responsive to further input. -- http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/">Eric S. Raymond In every country and in every age, the priest has been hostile to liberty. He is always in alliance with the despot, abetting his ab

Re: CML2 1.0.0 doesn't remember configuration changes

2001-04-12 Thread esr
Editconfig was a mistake. OK, I think I understand the rules now. Is it: (1) First, try to read from .config (2) If .config doesn't exist, read from $(ARCH)/defconfig ? > 1.0.3 feels faster, btw. That's because it is. I am continuing to tune. -- http://www.tuxed

Re: CML2 1.0.0 release announcement

2001-04-12 Thread esr
y clicking the "Unsuppress" item in one of the pulldowns. But since the theorem prover automatically turns on such prerequisites for you, you're very unlikely to need it. -- http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/">Eric S. Raymond The kind of charity you can force out

Re: CML2 1.0.0 doesn't remember configuration changes

2001-04-11 Thread esr
.config. But that doesn't explain why "make config" doesn't remember > changes made to config.out. > > ideas? > > jeff I think it's because I misunderstood how the standard productions are supposed to work. If you'll tell me what files you expect t

Re: [kbuild-devel] Re: CML2 1.0.0 release announcement

2001-04-11 Thread esr
im or doubtful. I'm pretty sure that tuning the Python implementation (coming up with faster algorithms, perhaps by reorganizing the data structures to do more precomputation) will be a more effective use of my time. -- http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/">Eric S. Raymo

Re: CML2 1.0.0 release announcement

2001-04-11 Thread esr
plexity-control advantage to compartmentalizing the configuration information in that way. Maybe there is one, but nobody's shown it to me yet. (In truth I don't dismiss implementation concerns quite as cavalierly as it might sound from the above. But buying a linear speedup wouldn'

Re: CML2 1.0.0 release announcement

2001-04-11 Thread esr
so. I don't see one. Do you? -- http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/">Eric S. Raymond Good intentions will always be pleaded for every assumption of authority. It is hardly too strong to say that the Constitution was made to guard the people against the dangers of good inte

Re: [kbuild-devel] Re: CML2 1.0.0 release announcement

2001-04-11 Thread esr
ng stuff. Yes, I have plans for this. -- http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/">Eric S. Raymond Militias, when properly formed, are in fact the people themselves and include all men capable of bearing arms. [...] To preserve liberty it is essential that the whole body of the p

Re: CML2 1.0.0 release announcement

2001-04-11 Thread esr
PARPORT_PC from PARPORT and X86 derive PARPORT_ARC from PARPORT and ARC derive PARPORT_AMIGA from PARPORT and AMIGA derive PARPORT_SUNBPP from PARPORT and SUN -- http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/">Eric S. Raymond Government is actually the worst failure of civilized man. There has never been a really

Re: CML2 1.0.0 release announcement

2001-04-11 Thread esr
ut > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "scripts/configtrans.py", line 104, in ? > sys.stderr.write(args[0]); > TypeError: read-only character buffer, int > make: *** [menuconfig] Error 1 I can't reproduce this. Do you get the same behavior under 1.0.

Re: [kbuild-devel] Re: CML2 1.0.0 release announcement

2001-04-11 Thread esr
Michael Elizabeth Chastain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I like mconfig, but I like CML2 better. Reminder for the rest of you: Michael *wrote* mconfig. > My primary reason is that ESR has more time to work on CML2 than I do > on mconfig. And speed problems are often the easiest pr