From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1MWpbi-0001AE-Ez for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 31 Jul 2009 06:45:02 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MWpbe-00018C-QK for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 31 Jul 2009 06:44:58 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MWpbZ-00015I-BH for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 31 Jul 2009 06:44:57 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=49080 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MWpbY-000155-GW for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 31 Jul 2009 06:44:52 -0400 Received: from smarthost02.mail.zen.net.uk ([212.23.3.141]:41561) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MWpbY-0007h6-5D for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 31 Jul 2009 06:44:52 -0400 Received: from [82.69.40.219] (helo=riva.pelham.vpn.ucam.org) by smarthost02.mail.zen.net.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1MWpbY-0003mt-2a for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 31 Jul 2009 10:44:52 +0000 Received: from cjwatson by riva.pelham.vpn.ucam.org with local (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) for grub-devel@gnu.org id 1MWpbW-0000je-00; Fri, 31 Jul 2009 11:44:50 +0100 Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2009 11:44:50 +0100 From: Colin Watson To: grub-devel@gnu.org Message-ID: <20090731104450.GR11691@riva.ucam.org> References: <1248955606.6598.51.camel@fz.local> <4A719AA4.3000905@gmail.com> <1248968735.27471.40.camel@mj> <1248970738.6598.82.camel@fz.local> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1248970738.6598.82.camel@fz.local> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-Originating-Smarthost02-IP: [82.69.40.219] X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) Subject: Re: Should the website still say that GRUB 2 is currently under development? 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, 31 Jul 2009 10:44:59 -0000 On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 06:18:58PM +0200, Felix Zielcke wrote: > Am Donnerstag, den 30.07.2009, 11:45 -0400 schrieb Pavel Roskin: > > On Thu, 2009-07-30 at 15:05 +0200, adrian15 wrote: > > > That would be nice because Debian freezes at December. > > > > I don't see anything wrong with being "under development". I hope that > > GRUB 2 will be under development even after the 1.97. It's a bit like all those websites that say "under construction" - it's just noise. > Well to me it just sounds that isn't at all usable for an average user > and not that it's actively developed. > IIRC Colin Watson from the debian-installer team even told me this when > I asked first about changing the grub2 instead of grub-legacy template > in grub-installer. That says still that grub2 is experimental software. I don't remember the exact conversation we had at the time, but I think that template can be changed once Debian changes its default. -- Colin Watson [cjwatson@ubuntu.com]