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 >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Grub-devel mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel >>>> >>>
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