From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1MZTFJ-00083V-Lb for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 07 Aug 2009 13:28:49 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MZTFH-00081T-Eb for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 07 Aug 2009 13:28:47 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MZTFC-00080o-VL for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 07 Aug 2009 13:28:47 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=46865 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MZTFC-00080j-NR for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 07 Aug 2009 13:28:42 -0400 Received: from mx20.gnu.org ([199.232.41.8]:13436) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MZTFB-0000Jd-VW for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 07 Aug 2009 13:28:42 -0400 Received: from xvm-190-8.ghst.net ([217.70.190.8] helo=aybabtu.com) by mx20.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MZTFA-0004Lr-ME for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 07 Aug 2009 13:28:40 -0400 Received: from [192.168.10.10] (helo=thorin) by aybabtu.com with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1MZTF3-0006BQ-8p for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 07 Aug 2009 19:28:33 +0200 Received: from rmh by thorin with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1MZTF2-0003WT-JS for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 07 Aug 2009 19:28:32 +0200 Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2009 19:28:32 +0200 From: Robert Millan To: grub-devel@gnu.org Message-ID: <20090807172832.GA13442@thorin> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline 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/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-Detected-Operating-System: by mx20.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-Greylist: delayed 19973 seconds by postgrey-1.27 at nadesico; Fri, 07 Aug 2009 13:28:34 EDT X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) Subject: GRUB manual 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, 07 Aug 2009 17:28:47 -0000 Hi, I've just reviewed the WIP manual in docs/grub.texi, and removed a lot of information that is specific to GRUB Legacy (sometimes entire sections). The remaining text was still written with GRUB Legacy in mind, and is certainly full of inaccuracies related to that. If you spot one of those, there's no need to send a patch for review, please shot on sight (but please make sure you write accurate ChangeLog entries and update copyright year). The manual is still not ready for prime use, as some key sections are missing. If someone's interested in adding them, I recommend that the GRUB Legacy manual is checked, as it will surely contain a lot of reusable text. If you wish to document new things, please feel free to propose changes, or to include documentation blurbs in patches that add new functionality to GRUB. Also, perhaps it'd be a good idea to build/install the manual in our build system, with a disclaimer indicating it's not complete or so. This would help us gather attention to it and maybe some help, but it can also be too confusing for users. Thoughts? -- 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."