From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1MGFOI-0006Vi-8T for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 15 Jun 2009 12:50:38 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MGFOE-0006OG-8z for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 15 Jun 2009 12:50:34 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MGFO9-0006F3-Vd for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 15 Jun 2009 12:50:33 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=33271 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MGFO9-0006E6-A8 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 15 Jun 2009 12:50:29 -0400 Received: from mail-px0-f176.google.com ([209.85.216.176]:57651) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MGFO8-0007VA-Nw for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 15 Jun 2009 12:50:29 -0400 Received: by pxi6 with SMTP id 6so1920711pxi.14 for ; Mon, 15 Jun 2009 09:50:27 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:date:from:to:subject :message-id:in-reply-to:references:x-mailer:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=VHL4syfKlwi4n/gcmvn/9JfMGAPm62XG9RgGThd7vh4=; b=QuOg1ZJMl9xtbnbAT263ZDIDIjrSM2Oob+AW3RdE12j7MfNP6wbGAWTQFp01aS5m4I dC59RDC5aglrKkEyHcC0n4yMgHxoK8lIYLfJ8xpx+reeXfQgX6GmwzcF4AIXLUtVzeGk pZO5+C8h8UVoGQJoBfw0AezR45ezjt0NkQ29w= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:x-mailer :mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=JWpCkqJXJD/YgNpmDjpz7mLTaKdGVy3se2dTAsVGjsq60msj+IA1iNV0/60+9v3oIw xkj9+HwLI1/kXZDvbo0Bq550Y1kZMGLmh8DkEf7Mgy/Xn1QLY1/se47Q0sUI2/1tdRau qRV9XIYW+0DnELaNrE7CHEbS3DfgyqaBM+KqY= Received: by 10.115.94.1 with SMTP id w1mr12038180wal.177.1245084626548; Mon, 15 Jun 2009 09:50:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: from debian ([115.187.41.20]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id l38sm6594689waf.34.2009.06.15.09.50.22 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Mon, 15 Jun 2009 09:50:24 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2009 22:16:06 +0530 From: "J. Bakshi" To: grub-devel@gnu.org Message-ID: <20090615221606.7aa63f3f@debian> In-Reply-To: <1244994996.3492.16.camel@fz.local> References: <20090614210910.548f1e13@debian> <1244994996.3492.16.camel@fz.local> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.5.0 (GTK+ 2.12.12; i486-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) Subject: Re: what is the present stage of grub2 ? 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, 15 Jun 2009 16:50:34 -0000 On Sun, 14 Jun 2009 17:56:36 +0200 Felix Zielcke wrote: > Am Sonntag, den 14.06.2009, 21:09 +0530 schrieb J. Bakshi: > > Hello List, > > > > What is the present stage of grub2 ? Is it still in the development > > stage as stated in the official site ? > > I recently brought the homepage up here, but nobody really cared, > though I forgot to mention this sentence in my mail, i.e. that it's > still in development. > Anyway if you use SVN trunk then it should be working fine for you. > Password and savedefault are AFAIK the only missing features from > grub-legacy. > grub2 is still actively developed but not more in development like the > homepage says. > IMO it can be used by more people. > > > I am also interested to know about the graphics. I have seen google > > summer code project regarding the graphical part. Is it now > > included in the grub2 or is it simply possible to have the > > graphical part workable ? > > No it isn't yet included. > I don't know in which state Colin's bazaar branch is. > For now you have to get his stuff yourself from his page > http://grub.gibibit.com/ Hello Felix and Bandipat, Thanks a lot to make me aware about the present scenario. I am using debian squezze with grub2 Version: 1.96+20090317-1 the missing thing is graphical part and I am thinking to compile grub2 with the stuff as pointed by Felix. Hope i am on the right track :-) Thanks