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To: Max Laier <max@love2party.net>
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In message <200410041241.04608.max@love2party.net>, Max Laier writes:

>Yes, this would create something I liked to call "meta-options" in former=20
>discussions on this topic.
>
>Yet, there is a bit more to it. It would (imo) also involve some thinking=20
>about the way we build modules (there is a TODO item "revised kld build=20
>infrastructure" that seems to cover that part) and maybe also a bit of=20
>reorganization/coalescence of the opt_*.h include mechanism ...
>
>I have thought about this a bit already, so I'd like to help (if my babblin=
>g=20
>makes sense to you ;)

Well, I didn't really plan to get involved in this apart from using it,
this was merely an attempt to encourage people with more spare time
than me to pick up the ball.

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