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    SubjectRe: [RFC 1/4] CONFIG_STABLE: Define it
    >>  menu "General setup"
    >>
    >> +config STABLE
    >> + bool "Stable kernel"
    [...]
    > a) Why in Kconfig, why not in Makefile?
    >
    > b) Of course nobody wants STABLE=n. :-) How about:
    >
    > config RELEASE
    > bool "Build for release"
    > help
    > If the kernel is declared as a release build here, then
    > various checks that are only of interest to kernel development
    > will be omitted.

    PS: Also, it could be reversed (e.g. config TESTBUILD) and put into the
    Kernel Hacking submenu.

    > c) A drawback of this general option is, it's hard to tell what will be
    > omitted in particular.

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    Stefan Richter
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