From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.33) id 1Bn8Wm-0002HI-Qg for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 21 Jul 2004 00:16:24 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1Bn8Wl-0002HC-K0 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 21 Jul 2004 00:16:23 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1Bn8Wi-0002Gc-GD for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 21 Jul 2004 00:16:23 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1Bn8Wi-0002GG-Ds for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 21 Jul 2004 00:16:20 -0400 Received: from [212.227.126.187] (helo=moutng.kundenserver.de) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1Bn8TO-0006j7-Q1 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 21 Jul 2004 00:12:55 -0400 Received: from [212.227.126.155] (helo=mrelayng.kundenserver.de) by moutng.kundenserver.de with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1) id 1Bn8TN-0001sk-00 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 21 Jul 2004 06:12:53 +0200 Received: from [80.128.213.49] (helo=tower) by mrelayng.kundenserver.de with asmtp (Exim 3.35 #1) id 1Bn8TN-0003qE-00 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 21 Jul 2004 06:12:53 +0200 From: "Martin Baute" To: Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2004 06:13:59 +0200 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1441 Importance: Normal X-Provags-ID: kundenserver.de abuse@kundenserver.de auth:4613f114d4fe387cee28fdf5f8b97401 Subject: 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 04:16:23 -0000 Hi there, 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. ---- 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? * how far away is GRUB2? What is yet to be done? Any roadmap? 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. How can there be a GRUB *2* if there never was a GRUB *1* to speak of? I'd expect at least a 1.0 file release - however incomplete and inferor that version might feel for you - that people can use and rely upon until that GRUB 2 materializes. Just IMHO and my 0.02€ as usual. Regards, -- Martin Baute solar@rootdirectory.de