Re: [RFC 0/6] Regressions for "imply" behavior change

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On Thu, Apr 16, 2020 at 4:52 PM Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 16, 2020 at 02:38:50PM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> > On Thu, Apr 16, 2020 at 12:17 PM Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > Of course, this is all just talk until someone(tm) posts a patch
> > > actually making the change. I've looked at the kconfig tool sources
> > > before; not going to make the same mistake again.
> >
> > Right. OTOH whoever implements it gets to pick the color of the
> > bikeshed. ;-)
>
> I hope someone takes it up, especially now that imply, which
> apparently used to do this, doesn't any more :)

The old 'imply' was something completely different, it was more of a
'try to select if you can so we can assume it's there, but give up
if it can only be a module and we need it to be built-in".

        Arnd



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