Great thanks!

I look forward to the new setup!

Reviewed-by: Andrew Hamilton <[email protected]>

On Fri, Mar 13, 2026 at 10:20 AM Leo Sandoval <[email protected]> wrote:

> 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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>>>>>
>>>>
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