From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1MWAbx-0007a0-16 for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 29 Jul 2009 10:58:33 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MWAbv-0007ZM-G8 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 29 Jul 2009 10:58:31 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MWAbp-0007Vp-SH for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 29 Jul 2009 10:58:30 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=40983 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MWAbp-0007Vg-PF for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 29 Jul 2009 10:58:25 -0400 Received: from mx2.redhat.com ([66.187.237.31]:39921) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MWAbp-0001pt-8M for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 29 Jul 2009 10:58:25 -0400 Received: from int-mx2.corp.redhat.com (int-mx2.corp.redhat.com [172.16.27.26]) by mx2.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id n6TEwO57005639 for ; Wed, 29 Jul 2009 10:58:24 -0400 Received: from ns3.rdu.redhat.com (ns3.rdu.redhat.com [10.11.255.199]) by int-mx2.corp.redhat.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id n6TEwNUv026591 for ; Wed, 29 Jul 2009 10:58:23 -0400 Received: from zeta.englab.brq.redhat.com (dhcp-lab-198.englab.brq.redhat.com [10.34.33.198]) by ns3.rdu.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id n6TEwM3R016575 for ; Wed, 29 Jul 2009 10:58:22 -0400 Message-ID: <4A70636D.2040802@redhat.com> Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:57:49 +0200 From: Edward Shishkin User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (X11/20090320) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: The development of GRUB 2 References: <4A674145.9040200@redhat.com> <1248282253.3517.28.camel@fz.local> <4A675D2F.3080707@redhat.com> <20090725161417.GE12326@thorin> In-Reply-To: <20090725161417.GE12326@thorin> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.58 on 172.16.27.26 X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) Subject: Re: grub-0.97/btrfs: the files fsys_btrfs.c, btrfs.h 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: Wed, 29 Jul 2009 14:58:31 -0000 Robert Millan wrote: > On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 08:40:47PM +0200, Edward Shishkin wrote: > >>>> Anyway, nice to see that you work on btrfs for grub. >>>> But grub-legacy is totally dead now, it would be better if you would put >>>> your efforts into grub2. >>>> >>>> >> Mm.. I am not an individual contributor. >> I work for RHEL and Fedora, which is on grub-0.97 for now.. >> > > Hi Edward, > > GRUB Legacy is free software, and we're glad that it is useful to RHEL and > Fedora, but please understand that it is not currently supported by us. It'd > be in Red Hat's best interest to contemplate a transition to GRUB 2, which is > where the development effort is moving towards nowadays. > > Debian and Ubuntu have already committed to this goal. Hello Robert, I have forwarded your message to the upper level. Thanks, Edward.