On Wed, Apr 25, 2007 at 09:59:51AM -0300, Otavio Salvador wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hello, > > We, the GRUB team, want to swtich to GRUB2 due many reasons, basicaly: > > - easier to maintain; > - better codebase; > - multi-arch support; > - active upstream; > > Our current plan is to finish the update-grub2 merging on upstream > side (being handled by Robert) and then upload a new package to > Debian. This package after moving to lenny ought be set as default > boot-loader in grub-installer (while we still offer grub as an option > during the test cicle). > > The upgrade from grub to grub2 will be transparent since menu.list can > be automaticaly converted to the new format and this will be in place > when we start the default boot-loader change. > > After doing it, we intend to drop grub from archive since it's a bunch > of patches difficult to maintain and hard to follow. > > Thoughts?
I wonder if we will also move from yaboot-installer to grub2-installer on powerpc, and if you have given any thought to that migration path ? Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
