[Buildroot] [PATCH 1/2] stack protector: moved option to security menu

Matthew Weber matthew.weber at rockwellcollins.com
Wed Oct 25 12:51:35 UTC 2017


Arnout,

On Wed, Oct 25, 2017 at 2:53 AM, Arnout Vandecappelle <arnout at mind.be> wrote:
>
>
> On 25-10-17 05:24, Matt Weber wrote:
>> +menu "Security Hardening Options"
>
>  This is bikeshedding of course, but I don't like submenus too much. They make
> it harder to find the options IMO. For the Advanced options it is good that it's
> a bit hidden, but I think the security options should be pretty in-your-face.
>
>  I do understand though that we want some subdivisions in the menu structure so
> the options that belong together stand out more. Would it be possible to achieve
> the same with comments?
>

I think we could.  I misunderstood your feedback on this back in Aug
and thought pulling those options out of Advanced meant another menu.
I'll wait to see if there is other feedback today and propose a v2
with that update.

Matt


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