From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1N9Knp-0006OX-Iy for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 14 Nov 2009 10:44:41 -0500 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1N9Kno-0006Nx-6J for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 14 Nov 2009 10:44:40 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1N9Knj-0006KH-FW for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 14 Nov 2009 10:44:39 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=55615 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1N9Knj-0006K5-99 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 14 Nov 2009 10:44:35 -0500 Received: from xvm-190-8.ghst.net ([217.70.190.8]:41966 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 1N9Kni-00069i-SH for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 14 Nov 2009 10:44:35 -0500 Received: from [192.168.10.10] (helo=thorin) by aybabtu.com with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1N9Kng-0003K3-Sl; Sat, 14 Nov 2009 16:44:33 +0100 Received: from rmh by thorin with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1N9Kng-0002jJ-9J; Sat, 14 Nov 2009 16:44:32 +0100 Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2009 16:44:32 +0100 From: Robert Millan To: The development of GNU GRUB Message-ID: <20091114154432.GC7084@thorin> References: <4AFDEB81.7050507@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4AFDEB81.7050507@gmail.com> 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) Cc: etherboot-developers@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: gPXE and GRUB2 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: Sat, 14 Nov 2009 15:44:40 -0000 On Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 12:28:01AM +0100, Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko wrote: > 3) Add a secondary target to gPXE to produce series of GRUB modules. Due > to big differences between build systems this may be problematic and > result in frequent breakage >From a distributor POV, option 3 is difficult to manage. GRUB doesn't have a stable ABI and ensuring coherency between two separate packages can be problematic. I wouldn't recommend this option. -- 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."