From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Jul 27 17:55:14 1995 Return-Path: hackers-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.11/8.6.6) id RAA16782 for hackers-outgoing; Thu, 27 Jul 1995 17:55:14 -0700 Received: from palmer.demon.co.uk (palmer.demon.co.uk [158.152.50.150]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.11/8.6.6) with ESMTP id RAA16772 for ; Thu, 27 Jul 1995 17:55:08 -0700 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by palmer.demon.co.uk (8.6.11/8.6.11) with SMTP id BAA01830 ; Fri, 28 Jul 1995 01:50:09 +0100 To: Brian Tao cc: Jeff Aitken , hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Kernel configuration/compilation tool In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 28 Jul 1995 08:31:15 +0800." MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-ID: <1827.806892607.1@palmer.demon.co.uk> Date: Fri, 28 Jul 1995 01:50:08 +0100 Message-ID: <1828.806892608@palmer.demon.co.uk> From: Gary Palmer Sender: hackers-owner@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk In message , Brian Tao writes: > First and foremost, the util should consult some sort of database >file that lists available options, valid argument lists and >dependencies. This will allow other people to write different front- >ends. I would like to try my hand at Tcl/Tk programming, so that >would make it an X application. Someone else could try writing one >using libdialog and a third person could put together a Web/CGI >interface. That last one intrigues me... put up a "FreeBSD Kernel >Drive-Thru" page where you select config options via a forms >interface, then after some waiting, a new kernel is presented to you >for downloading. Looks good to me, but the question has to be WHERE ON EARTH DO YOU GET THE COMPILE SERVER FROM? I don't think we have anywhere near the resources available currently to host such a project, nice though it may be :-( I've already stated that I'm interested in doing a libdialog based one, and from my past experience with libdialog, I have a sneaky suspicion that I'll rewrite it along the way :-( Gary