From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.33) id 1BnGM5-0008Vd-1X for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 21 Jul 2004 08:37:53 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1BnGM2-0008VS-TA for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 21 Jul 2004 08:37:50 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1BnGM1-0008Us-9d for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 21 Jul 2004 08:37:50 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1BnGM1-0008Up-7H for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 21 Jul 2004 08:37:49 -0400 Received: from [145.74.66.11] (helo=mail-cn.han.nl) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1BnGIw-0005nM-4a for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 21 Jul 2004 08:34:38 -0400 Received: from localhost (charlie.han.nl [145.74.66.9]) by mail-cn.han.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1F32482A7 for ; Wed, 21 Jul 2004 14:34:37 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mail-cn.han.nl ([145.74.66.11]) by localhost (charlie.han.nl [145.74.66.9]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 03709-10 for ; Wed, 21 Jul 2004 14:34:32 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mail1.han.nl (mail1.han.nl [145.74.103.11]) by mail-cn.han.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 57191837D for ; Wed, 21 Jul 2004 14:24:42 +0200 (CEST) Received: from marco.marco-g.com (a82-92-27-129.adsl.xs4all.nl [82.92.27.129]) by mail1.han.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 10B07C045 for ; Wed, 21 Jul 2004 13:24:42 +0200 (CEST) Mail-Copies-To: metgerards@student.han.nl To: The development of GRUB 2 References: From: Marco Gerards Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2004 14:24:59 +0200 In-Reply-To: (Martin Baute's message of "Wed, 21 Jul 2004 06:13:59 +0200") Message-ID: <877jsx7dk4.fsf@marco.marco-g.com> User-Agent: Gnus/5.1006 (Gnus v5.10.6) Emacs/21.3 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new@vscan-cn.han.nl Subject: Re: Status of GRUB / GRUB2? 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, 21 Jul 2004 12:37:51 -0000 "Martin Baute" writes: > I submitted this as bug #9640 last week, but it seems > the bug tracker isn't that well maintained, so I'll > try the mailing list now. We don't use the bug tracker for GRUB 2. > The website is very hazy on the following (crucial, IMHO) > points: > > * will GRUB2 still be Multiboot compliant? Will existing > self-written kernels have to adapt to GRUB2? It will be. At the moment it is not yet fully multiboot complaint. > * how far away is GRUB2? What is yet to be done? Any roadmap? Things change dayly. Just have a look at CVS and this mailinglist. Currently a lot needs to be done. > That being said, you still have GRUB dangling at 0.9x, "not > been released publically", and yet being discontinued for > some "GRUB 2" that might be years off for all we (casual > visitors of your website) would know. Why is that a problem? GRUB Legacy bugs will be fixed, etc. There won't be any problem. Just because something better will be written is no reason not to use GRUB Legacy at the moment. -- Marco