Thanks Andrew for collecting all these names. We are in contact with most
of them, except Richard (whom I worked with previously) and Thomas.

The plan is to CC them on the incoming mail to make the transition as
smooth as possible..

Leo

On Thu, Mar 12, 2026 at 2:53 PM Andrew Hamilton <[email protected]> wrote:

> For Buildroot it looks like they have a DEVELOPERS file in the root of the
> repo (
> https://github.com/buildroot/buildroot/blob/master/DEVELOPERS
> ) and the following is associated with GRUB
> [email protected]
>
> Yocto appears to have GRUB in the open embedded-core layer per:
>
> https://layers.openembedded.org/layerindex/branch/master/layer/openembedded-core/
> The maintainer is listed as
> [email protected]
>
> For distros it appears Redhat is covered.
> Debian might be
> [email protected]
>  Per
> https://salsa.debian.org/grub-team/grub/-/commits/master?ref_type=HEADS
>
> I saw something from Gentoo on this topic earlier so they seem covered
>
> For Suse I found maybe
> [email protected] from
>
> https://build.opensuse.org/projects/openSUSE:Factory/packages/grub2/files/0001-00_header-Omit-loading-efi_uga-on-non-x86-EFI-platfo.patch?expand=1
>
>
> For Arch I found  [email protected]
>  Per
> https://archlinux.org/packages/core/x86_64/grub/
>
> There are more variants I know but those are the biggest ones I could
> think of, but feel free to double check me.
>
> Thanks
> Andrew
>
> On Thu, Mar 12, 2026 at 2:00 PM Leo Sandoval <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Mar 12, 2026 at 11:21 AM Andrew Hamilton <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Will this info be updated on the
>>> https://www.gnu.org/software/grub/
>>>  site?
>>>
>>
>> Yes, that is the plan. In fact, not just the above but also these
>>
>>
>> - ML https://www.gnu.org/software/grub/grub-mailinglist.html
>> - Bugs https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?group=grub/
>> - lore https://lore.kernel.org/grub-devel/
>>
>> These may take some time but volunteers are welcome to speed up the
>> process.
>>
>>
>>> Do you think this patch post will get the attention from all the key
>>> users of Grub (like distribution maintainers, Buildroot, Yocto, etc.) to
>>> start planning to update their build tools to point to a new place?
>>>
>>
>> I do not think so.
>>
>> What do you think is the best way to reach the outside
>> distro/buildroot/YP community?
>>
>> BTW, We will send an email soon with migration details as mentioned in
>> the commit description.
>>
>>
>>>
>>> Will some pointer be left in place from the current Git and mailing list
>>> to the new location, and archive of the current list for future reference?
>>>
>>
>> Good points, I'm not sure of the best path but at least you pointed out
>> what is needed. Let me talk to the team about it.
>>
>>
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Andrew
>>>
>>> On Thu, Mar 12, 2026 at 12:31 PM Leo Sandoval via Grub-devel <
>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> We are announcing the new place where the GRUB repository [1] will be
>>>> hosted
>>>> and its corresponding mailing list [2]. The repository at freedesktop
>>>> [1] would
>>>> become soon the upstream repository, so new contributions will need to
>>>> be done through merge-requests.
>>>>
>>>> The decision to migrate to a more modern repository system (freedesktop
>>>> is
>>>> indeed a gitlab instance) is clear and based on several proposed
>>>> options, freedesktop turned out to be the best option. More
>>>> information about this migration is comming soon.
>>>>
>>>> [1] https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gnu-grub/grub/
>>>> [2]
>>>> https://lists.freedesktop.org/postorius/lists/grub-devel.lists.freedesktop.org/
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Marta Lewandowska <[email protected]>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Leo Sandoval <[email protected]>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Daniel Kiper <[email protected]>
>>>> ---
>>>>  MAINTAINERS | 10 ++++------
>>>>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
>>>> index eeef70f42f..2d7dcc2073 100644
>>>> --- a/MAINTAINERS
>>>> +++ b/MAINTAINERS
>>>> @@ -14,10 +14,9 @@ file to get more information how to properly report
>>>> this kind of bugs to
>>>>  the maintainers.
>>>>
>>>>  The GRUB development happens on the grub-devel mailing list [1]. The
>>>> latest
>>>> -GRUB source code is available at Savannah git repository [2].
>>>> -
>>>> -Users can ask for help on the help-grub mailing list [3].
>>>> +GRUB source code is available at freedesktop git repository [2].
>>>>
>>>> +Users can also ask for help on the same grub-devel mailing list [1].
>>>>
>>>>  List of past GRUB maintainers and people who strongly contributed to
>>>> the project
>>>>
>>>>  
>>>> ================================================================================
>>>> @@ -32,6 +31,5 @@ strongly contributed to the project:
>>>>    - Yoshinori K. Okuji.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -[1] https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel
>>>> -[2]
>>>> https://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=grub.git&view=view+git+repository
>>>> -[3]
>>>> <https://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=grub.git&view=view+git+repository-[3]>
>>>> https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-grub
>>>> +[1]
>>>> https://lists.freedesktop.org/postorius/lists/grub-devel.lists.freedesktop.org/
>>>> +[2] https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gnu-grub/grub/
>>>> --
>>>> 2.52.0
>>>>
>>>>
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