On Tue, 21 Apr 2020, Saeed Mahameed wrote: > I wonder how many of those 8889 cases wanted a weak dependency but > couldn't figure out how to do it ? > > Users of depends on FOO || !FOO > > $ git ls-files | grep Kconfig | xargs grep -E \ > "depends\s+on\s+([A-Za-z0-9_]+)\s*\|\|\s*(\!\s*\1|\1\s*=\s*n)" \ > | wc -l > > 156 > > a new keyword is required :) .. > > > > In another mail I suggested > > > > optionally depends on FOO > > > > might be a better alternative than "uses". > > > > > > how about just: > optional FOO > > It is clear and easy to document .. I don't dispute your argument for having a new keyword. But the most difficult part as Arnd said is to find it. You cannot pretend that "optional FOO" is clear when it actually imposes a restriction when FOO=m. Try to justify to people why they cannot select y because of this "optional" thing. Nicolas
