[OpenWrt-Devel] openwrt/packages: [RFC] Proposed flattening of menuconfig menus

[Eric Luehrsen]

On 08/13/2018 01:29 AM, Daniel F. Dickinson wrote:
> Posting on list as I think the discussion should include as folks as
> possible in the discussion.
> 
> https://github.com/openwrt/packages/issues/6745
> 
>> Especially when getting started with OpenWrt finding things in menuconfig is complicated by the second level menus that are sometimes used and sometimes not, even when the category exists.
>>
>> Further not everything fits neatly in a category.
>>
>> Finally when, years ago, I tried to improve the situation the above resulted in titles that I think make it harder to find things (in retrospect).
>>
>> Therefore I would like to do a mass removal of the second-level menus, leaving only the broad top-level categories like 'net', and 'utlitiies'.
>>
>> Thoughts?

I see some pragmatic challenges. Without some sorting, a category such 
as "Network" on a project for open source routers becomes a mess (take a 
second; let it soak in). This can be compensated in a few ways, but they 
are all a lot of work, and some could fetch unwanted emotional feedback. 
For one example, more aggressive use of "packages-abandoned" is probably 
needed even outside this topics consideration, but how do you qualify 
user interest or proactive maintenance? For another example, remove the 
catch-all "Network" and create 4-5 other named top level menus, but 
while a few categories may be obvious and well stocked, some other 
categories may not be so clear.
Good Luck
Eric

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