[Buildroot] [PATCH 06/16 v3] core: introduce a generated kconfig snippet

[Arnout Vandecappelle]

On 29-08-16 12:02, Thomas Petazzoni wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> On Mon, 29 Aug 2016 09:50:13 +0200, Peter Korsgaard wrote:
> 
>> Yes, but the list is really long and overwhelming. As it stands, the
>> list of packages takes up more than half the size of the manual. I think
>> just asking people to browse packages/ (or make menuconfig) is more
>> sane.
> 
> Right.

 We could replace it with a reference to http://autobuild.buildroot.net/stats/


>>  > The other thing that I find quite complex for no super benefit is the
>>  > whole "doc-asciidoc" infrastructure, but that's another story.  
>>
>> Yeah, having this infrastructure just for the manual is maybe a bit
>> overkill.

 I introduced it back in the day to reduce the size of manual.mk a little. Back
then I still believed that all code duplication is evil. Now I think that the
manual generation logic would be a lot easier to understand if it was all
unrolled...

> I agree, though some people wanted to build several manuals, if I
> remember correctly.

 I never saw the use of that, TBH. But I guess it's out there now so we should
keep it?

 Regards,
 Arnout


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