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From: David Vrabel <david.vrabel@citrix.com>
Subject: Re: deprecating pvgrub (grub-legacy)
Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2016 13:26:13 +0000
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On 06/02/16 21:38, Doug Goldstein wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Given that pvgrub2 has been available for a while now and Ian did a good
> write up on the Xen blog of how to use it and a few downstream distros
> are starting to pick it up as the way to boot Xen images. Plus most
> downstreams switching exclusively to grub2 usage is it time to mark
> pvgrub (grub-legacy) as deprecated in all the docs and source? Maybe
> after a few release cycles it would be broken out of the tree into its
> own repo for anyone still interested in using it?

Why?  This would do is make it harder to use for those that continue to
need to use it (for booting older guests for example).

David