From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1KTErr-0004N3-5c for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 13 Aug 2008 07:50:19 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KTErp-0004MM-OG for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 13 Aug 2008 07:50:17 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KTErn-0004LY-SR for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 13 Aug 2008 07:50:17 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=41654 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KTErn-0004LQ-Nv for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 13 Aug 2008 07:50:15 -0400 Received: from aybabtu.com ([69.60.117.155]:51719) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KTErn-0001tx-4Z for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 13 Aug 2008 07:50:15 -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 1KTEjf-0005EI-8C for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 13 Aug 2008 13:41:52 +0200 Received: from rmh by thorin with local (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1KTEqR-0006aN-Vk for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 13 Aug 2008 13:48:51 +0200 Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2008 13:48:51 +0200 From: Robert Millan To: The development of GRUB 2 Message-ID: <20080813114851.GB25113@thorin> References: <87od3x8ava.fsf@xs4all.nl> <1218627404.8757.13.camel@localhost> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <1218627404.8757.13.camel@localhost> 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: Idea: use menu hook to implement the savedefault command 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: Wed, 13 Aug 2008 11:50:18 -0000 On Wed, Aug 13, 2008 at 01:36:44PM +0200, Javier Martín wrote: > It might be unnecessarily complex, yes. What about a C#-delegate-like > approach? e.g.: > > function myhook() { > save_env > } While in the process of designing interfaces, finding inspiration in patent encumbered technologies is one of the last things I would recommend. Sometimes the GNU project has gone to great lengths to avoid being covered by patents, like in the development of gzip, or in its endorsement of the Xiph Foundation. I don't personally think we need to be so radical for GRUB, but we could at least be careful. -- Robert Millan The DRM opt-in fallacy: "Your data belongs to us. We will decide when (and how) you may access your data; but nobody's threatening your freedom: we still allow you to remove your data and not access it at all."