On Fri, 24 Jun 2011 17:37:04 +0100, Brian wrote: > On Fri 24 Jun 2011 at 15:18:08 +0000, Camaleón wrote: > >> No? Then why removing it from the installer? :-? > > There is no further upstream development of it. Debian will not maintain > it. It's dead. So GRUB2 became a release goal for Squeeze.
That would be fine... if there was such a public statement. This is the first time I read that a legacy piece of software is out just because of its age because it still receives bugfixes. >> But I like Debian precisely for those things that make it unique, like >> giving users as many options as it can, not removing them without a >> strong and meditated reason ;-) > > Upgrading from Lenny to Squeeze gives the choice of keeping an existing > GRUB or converting to GRUB2. With a new install it's GRUB2 only. But the > choice to go for GRUB legacy exists afterwards, which seems reasonable > to me. It can fit some use cases but I'm afraid it leaves others out... Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2011.06.24.17.47...@gmail.com
