From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1MmDyZ-00036q-04 for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 11 Sep 2009 17:48:15 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MmDyX-00034b-TH for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 11 Sep 2009 17:48:13 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MmDyS-0002pe-Bq for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 11 Sep 2009 17:48:12 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=44810 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MmDyS-0002pL-2Z for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 11 Sep 2009 17:48:08 -0400 Received: from c60.cesmail.net ([216.154.195.49]:29796) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_ARCFOUR_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MmDyR-0004ba-Et for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 11 Sep 2009 17:48:07 -0400 Received: from unknown (HELO smtprelay1.cesmail.net) ([192.168.1.111]) by c60.cesmail.net with ESMTP; 11 Sep 2009 17:48:06 -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 DBA7134C69 for ; Fri, 11 Sep 2009 17:48:03 -0400 (EDT) From: Pavel Roskin To: The development of GRUB 2 In-Reply-To: <20090823125631.GB22272@thorin> References: <20090823125631.GB22272@thorin> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 17:48:02 -0400 Message-Id: <1252705682.2616.7.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: 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: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 21:48:14 -0000 On Sun, 2009-08-23 at 14:56 +0200, Robert Millan wrote: > On Thu, Jul 02, 2009 at 04:48:56PM +0800, Bean wrote: > > > > 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. > > I feel similarly about LUA as I do about writable filesystems. In fact I'm > considering a configure flag so that it's only enabled only when user > requests it. > > But I know both Marco and Pavel feel strongly about this. Please can you > comment? Ideally, I would prefer GRUB to have one scripting language. I just didn't have time and desire to argue against LUA inclusion. Having more code means more work for maintainers. -- Regards, Pavel Roskin