Hi! Jookia <166...@gmail.com> skribis:
> On Tue, Jul 05, 2016 at 10:23:07AM +0200, Ludovic Courtès wrote: [...] >> > - GNUness over pragmatism. >> > >> > The main issue I had with doing an ARM port is the bootloader, and this is >> > because everyone I spoke to except Ludovic seemed to be hesitant towards >> > using a >> > bootloader other than GRUB. >> >> I wrote repeatedly that using U-Boot is fine, especially if GRUB doesn’t >> work on this platform. > > I know that's your stance on it, but there's multiple maintainers on Guix and > multiple people to talk about the issue, especially if I need help or review > on > code. It's unsettling emotionally to see different people, especially > authority > figures who work with the code and decide what's useful or not, giving mixed > answers as to what direction things should be taken. Implementing something > that > only one developer approves of makes me question if it really is the right > approach or worth people's time. I don’t remember anyone rejecting the idea of using U-Boot per se. BTW, formally I’m currently the only maintainer. However, I think most decisions should be (and indeed are) based on consensus among active contributors (developers and people who participate in discussions.) That can introduce delays in the short term, but I think it makes the whole project stronger in the long run. Cheers, Ludo’.
