From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1MMT3v-0000A1-FU for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:39:19 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MMT3t-00008V-NH for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:39:17 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MMT3p-0008WF-AU for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:39:17 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=42516 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MMT3p-0008WC-3D for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:39:13 -0400 Received: from c60.cesmail.net ([216.154.195.49]:17302) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_ARCFOUR_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MMT3o-00043t-FS for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:39:12 -0400 Received: from unknown (HELO smtprelay2.cesmail.net) ([192.168.1.112]) by c60.cesmail.net with ESMTP; 02 Jul 2009 16:39:10 -0400 Received: from [192.168.0.22] (static-72-92-88-10.phlapa.fios.verizon.net [72.92.88.10]) by smtprelay2.cesmail.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 62C3034C6D for ; Thu, 2 Jul 2009 16:46:48 -0400 (EDT) From: Pavel Roskin To: The development of GRUB 2 In-Reply-To: <4A4D1670.3040709@t-online.de> References: <4A4D1670.3040709@t-online.de> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:39:08 -0400 Message-Id: <1246567148.20370.5.camel@mj> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.26.2 (2.26.2-1.fc11) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. Subject: Re: [PATCH] add a snapshot version string to GRUB title X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GRUB 2 List-Id: The development of GRUB 2 List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:39:17 -0000 On Thu, 2009-07-02 at 22:20 +0200, Christian Franke wrote: > Many "GNU GRUB version 1.96" used in production are likely builds from > more recent SVN snapshots. It would (IMO) be useful to have some info > about the actual installed version. I can tell from my experience with other projects that such suggestions appear when there is not enough leadership in the project, and nobody cares about producing stable releases. It would be better to produce named prereleases or release candidates if we are not comfortable about releasing 1.97 right now. -- Regards, Pavel Roskin