[RFC 1/2] Add hidden option FEATURE_HAVE_SEAMLESS_COMPRESSION

[Denys Vlasenko]

On Thu, Mar 16, 2017 at 3:53 AM, Kang-Che Sung <explorer09 at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 14, 2017 at 1:42 AM, Denys Vlasenko
> <vda.linux at googlemail.com> wrote:
>> This change make future entries in config affect the past.
>> In menuconfig, this makes items in module submenu affect
>> items in archival submenu. This does not feel right.
>
> My intention is that, in the future, we could move these
> "seamless compression" options into BusyBox Library Tuning
> menu, and that everything in the Library Tuning menu will
> depend on applets that would use them. So if a libbb feature
> were not used in any applet being built, its config options will
> not be presented to user at all.
>
> And that Library Tuning menu may be moved to the last item
> on the main config menu.

This change seems to try to eliminate SEAMLESS_foo options
when none of applets which use semalees decompression
are enabled, right?

This does not seem to bring any significant benefit.

Yes, now we have visible config options which in some
configs have no effect. Not a tragedy.