From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1LnsZY-0008Ut-AJ for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 29 Mar 2009 06:49:00 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LnsZW-0008S3-0Y for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 29 Mar 2009 06:48:58 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LnsZQ-0008LN-52 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 29 Mar 2009 06:48:57 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=46341 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LnsZP-0008L5-Pf for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 29 Mar 2009 06:48:51 -0400 Received: from mta-out.inet.fi ([195.156.147.13]:33277 helo=kirsi2.inet.fi) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LnsZP-0007gY-8w for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 29 Mar 2009 06:48:51 -0400 Received: from [192.168.1.102] (84.248.105.254) by kirsi2.inet.fi (8.5.014) id 49CA1EE50027D5A3 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 29 Mar 2009 13:48:50 +0300 Message-ID: <49CF520D.8090506@nic.fi> Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2009 13:48:45 +0300 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Vesa_J=E4=E4skel=E4inen?= User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (Windows/20090302) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: The development of GRUB 2 References: <49CF4200.7010500@nic.fi> <200903291909.56201.okuji@enbug.org> In-Reply-To: <200903291909.56201.okuji@enbug.org> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) Subject: Re: [PATCH] Split of the normal mode 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: Sun, 29 Mar 2009 10:48:58 -0000 Yoshinori K. Okuji wrote: > You should select compile-time "loading" (i.e. linking) whenever possible. If > a function is loaded eventually, it should be linked at compile time. > > You should select automatic loading, if you need runtime linking. > > Manual loading should be considered evil, in principle. I agree. > FYI, I am planning to make a full review of recent changes (i.e. all changes > made after I stopped reviewing every patch), and trash/revert/rewrite/blame > everything I don't like. Changes made for no good reason must be all > reverted. > > In brief, I take back the leadership of this project for general directions. > For some subsystems (e.g. the coreboot support), I continue leaving the > responsibility to those who know better or are more active. Once the current > code is reviewed and fixed (at some degree), I will make a new release. > > Any objection? Not really. I will make some grief, but it might be a good thing in overall. I would thou propose that you discuss the issue on mailing list so we can probably fine tune principles and objectives of GRUB 2 at the same time.