On Tue, Aug 05, 2008 at 02:13:43PM +0200, Christian Franke wrote: > > > >Why not have the user write a custom entry then? I think it clutters the > >user interface to add options for everything. If a corner case (boot a non > >native disk, can't use os-prober) can be supported by creating a new config > >file, why not do that? It was the whole reason for designing update-grub > >to > >be easily extensible. > > Even with the new configuration parameter, user can still decide to > leave the parameter unset and write a custom entry.
My concern is not with presenting too many options to the user, but with having to support them. In general, if a use case can be supported without adding a new user option, I think it's much better not to add it. -- Robert Millan The DRM opt-in fallacy: "Your data belongs to us. We will decide when (and how) you may access your data; but nobody's threatening your freedom: we still allow you to remove your data and not access it at all." _______________________________________________ Grub-devel mailing list Grub-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel
