On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 07:03:18PM +0200, Javier Martín wrote: > El vie, 15-08-2008 a las 19:31 +0300, Vesa Jääskeläinen escribió: > > Javier Martín wrote: > > > WRT "kernel and modules going hand by hand", think about external > > > modules: if the drivemap module is finally rejected for introduction in > > > GRUB, I will not scrap it, but keep it as a module external to the > > > official GNU sources and possibly offer it in a web in the form of > > > patches to the official GRUB2. In this case, changes made to the kernel > > > would not take into account that module, which would break if I weren't > > > monitoring this list daily. > > > > Then it is really your problem ;) > Indeed, but bitrot is not just the real of external modules: it's > happening right now even within the GRUB trunk
We shouldn't compromise GRUB design to work around maintainance problems. We don't make any ABI or even API promises, except for Multiboot. I don't see why we need this burden simply because some patches take time to be merged. > as you admit in the > "Build problems on powerpc" thread... The problem with the powerpc port is that noone is actively maintaining it. It has nothing to do with design decisions. -- Robert Millan The DRM opt-in fallacy: "Your data belongs to us. We will decide when (and how) you may access your data; but nobody's threatening your freedom: we still allow you to remove your data and not access it at all." _______________________________________________ Grub-devel mailing list Grub-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel
