From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1JIXVh-0005ia-Cr for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 25 Jan 2008 17:58:57 -0500 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JIXVf-0005gB-Vc for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 25 Jan 2008 17:58:56 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JIXVe-0005dc-6O for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 25 Jan 2008 17:58:55 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JIXVe-0005dU-2E for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 25 Jan 2008 17:58:54 -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 1JIXVd-000688-RR for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 25 Jan 2008 17:58:53 -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 1JIXVa-0002iN-El for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 25 Jan 2008 23:58:52 +0100 Received: from rmh by thorin with local (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1JIXTu-0005yB-5I for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 25 Jan 2008 23:57:06 +0100 Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2008 23:57:06 +0100 From: Robert Millan To: The development of GRUB 2 Message-ID: <20080125225706.GA22900@thorin> References: <20080123104737.GA24943@thorin> <200801242226.48948.okuji@enbug.org> <87fxwml1uz.fsf@xs4all.nl> <200801252222.13721.okuji@enbug.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="IJpNTDwzlM2Ie8A6" Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <200801252222.13721.okuji@enbug.org> 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: next release & NEWS file (Re: [PATCH] use at_keyboard.c on i386-ieee1275) 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, 25 Jan 2008 22:58:56 -0000 --IJpNTDwzlM2Ie8A6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit On Fri, Jan 25, 2008 at 10:22:13PM +0100, Yoshinori K. Okuji wrote: > > So, for the next release, I will make it in next weekend (on the 2nd or the > 3rd), if nobody objects. Meanwhile, if you know user-visible changes which > are not written in NEWS yet, please fill them up in that file. I came up with a few things. Before I add them, please can you review the list to make sure all the items are important enough to be mentioned? -- 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 /.) --IJpNTDwzlM2Ie8A6 Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="news.diff" diff -ur grub2/NEWS tmp/NEWS --- grub2/NEWS 2008-01-06 15:14:31.000000000 +0100 +++ tmp/NEWS 2008-01-25 23:54:06.000000000 +0100 @@ -9,10 +9,31 @@ * grub-emu can access the host filesystem now. -* Add support for the NTFS and Reiserfs filesystems. +* Add support for the NTFS, cpio/tar and Reiserfs filesystems. * Add support for ATA/ATAPI. +* Add update-grub script to generate grub.cfg. + +* Add grub-mkrescue script to generate floppy or ElTorito images + (i386-pc only). + +* Add support for background images in gfxterm (background_image command). + +* Add support for detection of 64-bit support in CPU (cpuid command). + +* GPT is now enabled in i386-pc target. + +* Add grub-install for EFI. + +* Ported to the following new platforms: Efika, Open Hack'Ware + (qemu-system-ppc), coreboot a.k.a. LinuxBIOS, OLPC XO. + +* Add support for colored menu (menu_color_normal and menu_color_highlight + variables). + +* Fix support for loading Linux zImages (such as memtest86). + New in 1.95 - 2006-10-15: * Number partitions from 1 instead of 0. For instance, the first --IJpNTDwzlM2Ie8A6--