From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1MMT9U-00067K-Bs for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:45:04 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MMT9S-00064z-Hc for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:45:02 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MMT9O-00060e-2s for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:45:02 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=41847 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MMT9N-00060P-Vn for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:44:58 -0400 Received: from c60.cesmail.net ([216.154.195.49]:42028) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_ARCFOUR_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MMT9N-00063d-AP for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:44:57 -0400 Received: from unknown (HELO smtprelay1.cesmail.net) ([192.168.1.111]) by c60.cesmail.net with ESMTP; 02 Jul 2009 16:44:56 -0400 Received: from [192.168.0.22] (static-72-92-88-10.phlapa.fios.verizon.net [72.92.88.10]) by smtprelay1.cesmail.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id C388034C6D for ; Thu, 2 Jul 2009 16:44:54 -0400 (EDT) From: Pavel Roskin To: The development of GRUB 2 In-Reply-To: <4A4CFEBC.90109@duboucher.eu> References: <1246557074.30158.20.camel@mj> <4A4CFEBC.90109@duboucher.eu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Date: Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:44:53 -0400 Message-Id: <1246567493.20370.9.camel@mj> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.26.2 (2.26.2-1.fc11) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. Subject: Re: Some ideas about new features of grub 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 20:45:02 -0000 On Thu, 2009-07-02 at 20:38 +0200, Duboucher Thomas wrote: > Pavel Roskin a écrit : > >> LUA integration. > >> LUA is quite powerful, it's more suitable to do complicated task than > >> sh script. For example, we can use it to detect os at runtime, > >> implement simple commands, or draw the graphic menu. > > > > Yes, I think LUA improvements should continue. We may switch to a LUA > > implementation of grub.cfg at some point. > > Is there someone working on Lua now? The last commit is 6 months backward. > I have some experience in the C part of Lua, perhaps I should write a > line or two. ;) The last commit in scripts/lua is dated May 18, 2009, one and a half months ago. There is a patch for adding file functions that wasn't committed yet for some reason. -- Regards, Pavel Roskin