Re: Condensing and re-coding programs to save space

> Well, see...that's a problem. The ELKS kernel uses a really old copy of
> Kconfig from Linux and when I looked at extracting the one used in a more
> modern Linux source code base the task was far from trivial. A lot of ELKS
> was cobbled together well over a decade ago. I'm open to moving to a more
> all-encompassing build system if someone wants to do it, but it certainly
> will not be a simple task.

Mmm... let us be pragmatic and stop dreaming with stuff like "changing
the compiler", "moving to another build system", etc. ELKS is
definitively a "hobby" / "educational"  project, with a few active
contributors, and is intended to have fun, not for business (except
data erasing / recovery on antic machines ?). So our development
strategy should be consistent with that matter of fact : little steps
forward, and keep consistency and stability. Obsolescence is
absolutely NOT a concern here, as long we find compatible emulators
and embedded systems to play with.

Back to the current Kconfig: it works quite well, fulfills the need,
so why breaking it with an hazardous upgrade ? I only propose to use
it not only for the kernel, but also for the applets and image format
selection. Not to upgrade it.

MFLD