From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1KKJXd-0007Ww-PC for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 19 Jul 2008 17:00:33 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KKJXc-0007Wr-Ax for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 19 Jul 2008 17:00:32 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KKJXZ-0007Wf-WB for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 19 Jul 2008 17:00:31 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=34362 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KKJXZ-0007Wc-PT for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 19 Jul 2008 17:00:29 -0400 Received: from aybabtu.com ([69.60.117.155]:43013) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KKJXZ-0004bP-CN for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 19 Jul 2008 17:00:29 -0400 Received: from [192.168.10.10] (helo=thorin) by aybabtu.com with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1KKJRz-0004wf-4h for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 19 Jul 2008 22:54:43 +0200 Received: from rmh by thorin with local (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1KKJWl-0003Pn-24 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 19 Jul 2008 22:59:39 +0200 Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2008 22:59:39 +0200 From: Robert Millan To: The development of GRUB 2 Message-ID: <20080719205939.GA13072@thorin> References: <1216040584.9995.52.camel@dv> <200807160132.18470.okuji@enbug.org> <20080719150624.GD23778@thorin> <200807192216.23882.okuji@enbug.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <200807192216.23882.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: Re: Next release? 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: Sat, 19 Jul 2008 21:00:32 -0000 On Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 10:16:23PM +0200, Yoshinori K. Okuji wrote: > > Which cases are there that can't be fixed by using UUIDs? > > In any case where UUIDs are not used. > > I am totally against ripping off device.map. Pavel's idea is too idealistic, > and that regresses the flexibility. I don't think having an approach that is based on guessing (plus, maybe, user input) is harmful, but at least we could try to rely less on it, so that it generates less trouble without having to remove it. -- Robert Millan I know my rights; I want my phone call! What good is a phone call… if you are unable to speak? (as seen on /.)