On Wed, 2004-07-28 at 16:52 +0100, Jonathan Andrews wrote: > > > > Ow. Why would you want that in the kernel? > > 1) Everything more than "Hello world" needs to store some configuration, > so doesn't that make it a requirement of most applications hence a lot > of processes within the application. That's not a valid reason to put it into the kernel. > 2) By putting a simple quick and understandable system in the kernel its > more likely to be adopted. False.. You could put it up onto glibc as well. > 3) Present in the kernel = No dependency on external libs, making it > more likely to be adopted. That's not a valid reason. Enlarging the kernel with userspace features is kind of useless. > 4) Kernel = common API - if people would only need another API if the > configuration need was more complex than the base line, and mostly it > is not. Again, false. There are good APIs out there which are not implemented in kernelspace, like X11, glibc, gtk, etc. > 5) Why not show some leadership instead of just cloning Unix/Posix - "As > little as possible" need not be that same as "Not enough to be complete" Because leadership doesn't allow one to start screwing a working system.
