From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1N8uls-0005nE-1B for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 13 Nov 2009 06:56:56 -0500 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1N8ulq-0005lt-1K for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 13 Nov 2009 06:56:54 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1N8ulk-0005jL-G6 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 13 Nov 2009 06:56:53 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=57499 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1N8ulk-0005jA-4b for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 13 Nov 2009 06:56:48 -0500 Received: from xvm-190-8.ghst.net ([217.70.190.8]:58419 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 1N8ulj-0001GV-N8 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 13 Nov 2009 06:56:47 -0500 Received: from [192.168.10.10] (helo=thorin) by aybabtu.com with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1N8ulh-00077l-BU for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:56:45 +0100 Received: from rmh by thorin with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1N8ulg-0004B1-Gn for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:56:44 +0100 Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:56:44 +0100 From: Robert Millan To: The development of GNU GRUB Message-ID: <20091113115644.GA16045@thorin> References: <20091112103856.GA27359@thorin> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit 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: Roadmap for LUA support in GRUB X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GNU GRUB List-Id: The development of GNU GRUB List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:56:54 -0000 On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 12:08:24AM -0800, Roman Shaposhnik wrote: > > However, we only import code from external projects when there's an important > > reason to do so.  For example, we imported LZMA code because we needed the > > best compression around, and we didn't want to reinvent the wheel.  In the > > specific case of LUA, this compromise didn't make sense to us since we already > > had a scripting engine. > > ...the real reason seems to be that you don't really believe in Lua as a primary > scripting language for GRUB, correct? No. It's quoted above in this mail. Please read it again... -- 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."