On Wed, Sep 27, 2006 at 05:07:49PM -0300, Otavio Salvador wrote: > Robert Millan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On Tue, Sep 26, 2006 at 10:21:58AM +0200, Frédéric BOITEUX wrote: > >> Robert Millan wrote : > >> > tag 106399 wontfix > >> > > >> > GRUB Legacy is now feature frozen, both in upstream and in debian. We > >> > only > >> > accept bug fixes or very essential features (e.g. to support something > >> > new that > >> > is going to become mandatory for some reason). We should be stabilising > >> > for the > >> > etch release rather than introducing new sources of potential problems. > >> > > >> > Please, rather than directing your work at a frozen branch, look at > >> > wether > >> > your proposed feature makes sense in GRUB 2. GRUB 2 is in active > >> > development > >> > (both debian and upstream) and new features are welcome there. > >> > >> Hello, > >> > >> This feature is important to me, isn't new (I've propsed help 2 years > >> ago, and submitted a patch one month ago as requested), and won't be > >> available in Grub2 soon (no network support now !)... My patch added a > >> new package, not modifying current ones.. > >> Too bad for other Debian users :-( > > > > What do the other maintainers say? (specialy Jason who has been tracking > > this > > bug for quite long) > > Hello Robert, > > I think we need RM approval for it now since GRUB is part of Debian > base system. Looks like it won't hurt too much since it'll be another > binary package and my only worry is if it doesn't work well we could > start to receive a lot of bug reports. > > I can understand the sadness of Frederic since he did a nice work on > the patch but I'm not sure if is safe enough to apply it near of > complete freeze :(
Frédéric, why don't you send a mail to [email protected] and ask about networking status? Perhaps if you help them get these network patches that are liing around integrated in GRUB 2, it'll be in time for the etch release. I really appreciate your interest in GRUB, but note that GRUB Legacy is a deprecated branch and we'll probably get rid of it post-etch, so it won't be of much help to add new features just now. -- Robert Millan My spam trap is [EMAIL PROTECTED] Note: this address is only intended for spam harvesters. Writing to it will get you added to my black list. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
