From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1NCtsm-0000hf-Lv for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 24 Nov 2009 06:48:32 -0500 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NCtsk-0000hN-Si for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 24 Nov 2009 06:48:30 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NCtsf-0000gL-4l for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 24 Nov 2009 06:48:29 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=37961 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NCtse-0000gA-SK for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 24 Nov 2009 06:48:24 -0500 Received: from xvm-190-8.ghst.net ([217.70.190.8]:53741 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 1NCtse-000385-CU for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 24 Nov 2009 06:48:24 -0500 Received: from [192.168.10.10] (helo=thorin) by aybabtu.com with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NCtsc-0003Pz-T9 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:48:23 +0100 Received: from rmh by thorin with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NCtsc-0008TD-C0 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:48:22 +0100 Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:48:22 +0100 From: Robert Millan To: The development of GNU GRUB Message-ID: <20091124114822.GA32552@thorin> References: <20090801143415.GD22989@thorin> <20090801150529.GD23133@thorin> <20090802213836.GD15139@thorin> <20090802224120.GJ15139@thorin> <20091124112101.GA20451@fencepost.gnu.org> <20091124113437.GA32380@thorin> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20091124113437.GA32380@thorin> 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: [RFC] Don't pass filename in multiboot command line 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: Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:48:31 -0000 On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 12:34:37PM +0100, Robert Millan wrote: > > You're right. We should have documented this better. Perhaps by mentioning > it in NEWS and in the release announcement. Sorry about that. And in spite of that, both versions comply with the letter of the Multiboot specification. Always keep in mind, when implementing a standard you must follow the text and not the reference implementation. Never make any assumptions about what an implementation can do other than what is explicitly described in the text. -- 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."