On Tue, Nov 28, 2006 at 08:48:08AM +1100, Jason Thomas wrote: > I think now is the time. Lets do it.
You mean in Debian? If upstream is not interested, I'd really prefer an explicit answer, just to be sure. > On Mon, Nov 27, 2006 at 06:00:16PM +0100, Robert Millan wrote: > > > > No comments? Are you interested in getting this into the main grub tree? > > In my > > opinion, since update-grub needs a rewrite it's a good oportunity to merge > > this > > now and unify grub.cfg generation across distributions (something that > > wasn't > > possible with the old update-grub because of copyright issues). > > > > That said, if you don't like the idea then we could proceed adding it in > > debian, > > but that might close the door to merging in the future (maintaining the > > script > > in debian ourselves implies accepting contributions from many people > > without any > > paperwork arrangements). > > > > On Sun, Oct 15, 2006 at 12:18:42PM +0200, Robert Millan wrote: > > > > > > Hi there, > > > > > > This is my proposal for a new dessign in update-grub. As you might know, > > > update-grub is a script used in Debian to generate GRUB config file. > > > Over time, > > > we've found that the monolithic dessign of that script made it difficult > > > to > > > maintain and extend, and it ultimately has become bloated. I'm > > > redessigning it > > > to be simple, modular and easily extensible. > > > > > > With this work, we solve another problem: the copyright for original > > > update-grub > > > was held by several people and it was too difficult to attain the > > > paperwork FSF > > > projects require for submitting the script to you. > > > > > > The script I'm attaching is mostly meant as proof of concept to show the > > > proposed framework for generating the config file and allowing > > > third-party apps > > > (memtest86, etc) to hook their stuff in. > > > > > > Please send me your feedback and tell wether you like it. I think it'd > > > be very > > > good if a unified solution for this were provided from GRUB upstream, > > > instead of > > > each distributor cooking up their own. -- Robert Millan My spam trap is [EMAIL PROTECTED] Note: this address is only intended for spam harvesters. Writing to it will get you added to my black list. _______________________________________________ Grub-devel mailing list Grub-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel