From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1Md1kt-0002E1-RZ for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 17 Aug 2009 08:56:07 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Md1kr-0002Dk-OJ for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 17 Aug 2009 08:56:05 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Md1km-0002DD-2M for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 17 Aug 2009 08:56:04 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=44333 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Md1kl-0002DA-Qb for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 17 Aug 2009 08:55:59 -0400 Received: from xvm-190-8.ghst.net ([217.70.190.8]:39878 helo=aybabtu.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Md1kl-0008Uu-AQ for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 17 Aug 2009 08:55:59 -0400 Received: from [192.168.10.10] (helo=thorin) by aybabtu.com with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Md1kX-0005SI-9V for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 17 Aug 2009 14:55:45 +0200 Received: from rmh by thorin with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Md1kW-00044s-MH for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 17 Aug 2009 14:55:44 +0200 Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2009 14:55:44 +0200 From: Robert Millan To: The development of GRUB 2 Message-ID: <20090817125544.GA32551@thorin> References: <20090810161040.GA16306@thorin> <20090812083512.GT11691@riva.ucam.org> <20090813203143.GF22130@thorin> <20090813210321.GR22130@thorin> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: 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 monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) Subject: Re: grub configuration file format change? 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, 17 Aug 2009 12:56:05 -0000 On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 02:12:41PM -0700, Seth Goldberg wrote: >> >> Is this an issue for you? Colin said he was concerned about core.img and >> grub.cfg getting out of sync (see the other sub-thread). Does this problem >> also affect you? > > I saw that thread :) -- I don't think it's as much of a problem, > because we'll probably stabilize on a particular snapshot of GRUB2. We would prefer if you can include GRUB releases in your own OpenSolaris releases rather than snapshots. 1.96 is unfortunately not usable, but we plan to change the pace at which we make releases, and also introduce a pre-release testing period. If you let us know about your own release schedules, we can try to help. -- 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."