From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1MY4A0-0006uB-NO for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 03 Aug 2009 16:29:32 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MY49w-0006pc-Ah for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 03 Aug 2009 16:29:28 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MY49r-0006hQ-CG for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 03 Aug 2009 16:29:27 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=34994 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MY49r-0006hA-4k for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 03 Aug 2009 16:29:23 -0400 Received: from c60.cesmail.net ([216.154.195.49]:36091) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_ARCFOUR_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MY49q-0005RN-JN for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 03 Aug 2009 16:29:22 -0400 Received: from unknown (HELO smtprelay2.cesmail.net) ([192.168.1.112]) by c60.cesmail.net with ESMTP; 03 Aug 2009 16:29:19 -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 3811034C6A for ; Mon, 3 Aug 2009 16:41:40 -0400 (EDT) From: Pavel Roskin To: The development of GRUB 2 In-Reply-To: References: <20090731144632.GA14036@thorin> <4A7337AE.5020505@t-online.de> <20090801142523.GB22989@thorin> <4A745A06.4010604@t-online.de> <20090802213111.GB15139@thorin> <1MXtv1-0mkKXY0@fwd00.aul.t-online.de> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Mon, 03 Aug 2009 16:29:18 -0400 Message-Id: <1249331358.7265.6.camel@mj> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.26.3 (2.26.3-1.fc11) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. Subject: Re: grub-pe2elf 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: Mon, 03 Aug 2009 20:29:29 -0000 On Mon, 2009-08-03 at 11:53 +0200, Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko wrote: > I personally think this is a hassle for nothing: we already have a > working cygwin toolchain. While I acknowledge it's not perfect it > works. And I propose not to touch it until it gives any maintainance > or technical problem. When it does then we may consider dropping or > limiting cygwin support. Until then this discussion is a waste of time > (IMO) I agree that there is no urgent need to remove grub-pe2elf (although the issue might come up essentially). However, it's not so much a technical problem as an issue of trust. Committing code against the wish of maintainers should not be permitted. Those who do it should lose commit access. They are welcome to contribute, but their patches will need to be committed by others. I haven't seen any apology or explanation in this thread. -- Regards, Pavel Roskin