From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1JH01o-0006kt-OH for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 21 Jan 2008 12:01:45 -0500 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JH01l-0006jw-Sz for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 21 Jan 2008 12:01:41 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JH01k-0006jA-9D for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 21 Jan 2008 12:01:41 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JH01k-0006j6-28 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 21 Jan 2008 12:01:40 -0500 Received: from aybabtu.com ([69.60.117.155]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JH01i-0002pu-4T for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 21 Jan 2008 12:01:40 -0500 Received: from [192.168.10.6] (helo=thorin) by aybabtu.com with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1JH01V-0000nm-Qy for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 21 Jan 2008 18:01:28 +0100 Received: from rmh by thorin with local (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1JGzzV-0000ld-M8 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 21 Jan 2008 17:59:21 +0100 Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2008 17:59:21 +0100 From: Robert Millan To: The development of GRUB 2 Message-ID: <20080121165921.GA2924@thorin> References: <20080114141015.GA27293@thorin> <20080114203225.GA21792@nubol.oskuro.net> <20080114231855.GA18277@thorin> <20080115225435.GA21928@nubol.oskuro.net> <878x2jxyc2.fsf@xs4all.nl> <1200925099.15198.16.camel@dv> <87zluzuscy.fsf@xs4all.nl> <20080121154448.GA6988@thorin> <87tzl786jh.fsf@xs4all.nl> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <87tzl786jh.fsf@xs4all.nl> Organization: free as in freedom X-Message-Flag: Worried about Outlook viruses? Switch to Thunderbird! www.mozilla.com/thunderbird X-Debbugs-No-Ack: true User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. Subject: Re: [PATCH] fix flickering timeout message for slow terminals (gfxterm) 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, 21 Jan 2008 17:01:42 -0000 On Mon, Jan 21, 2008 at 05:52:50PM +0100, Marco Gerards wrote: > Robert Millan writes: > > > On Mon, Jan 21, 2008 at 04:10:37PM +0100, Marco Gerards wrote: > >> > >> If done efficiently, code shouldn't get too big. Perhaps it is better > >> to integrate this into normal.mod? I wouldn't mind a few extra KB > >> there for such a feature. > > > > I don't think code size matters that much for a non-kernel feature. Anyway, > > I'd still prefer not bloating normal.mod with it. It's very good that users > > have choice of which features they want; why not preserve that philosophy? > > Ok, agreed. You are thinking of a gettext.mod? Of course :-) -- Robert Millan I know my rights; I want my phone call! What use is a phone call… if you are unable to speak? (as seen on /.)