Re: Experimental branch for GRUB

2009-10-24 Thread Robert Millan
On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 04:35:32PM +0200, Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko wrote: > > I also propose to have some kind of version string which would identify > from which experimental branch the grub was compiled and putting a > warning at the end of configure script so users would exercise > additio

Re: Experimental branch for GRUB

2009-10-24 Thread Robert Millan
On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 03:08:37PM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 03:45:28PM +0200, Robert Millan wrote: > > > > I think building deb from snapshots of this experimental branch is a good > > idea, and it can be done in any place you see fit, BUT if a proprietary > > solution

Re: Experimental branch for GRUB

2009-10-23 Thread Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko
> We might want to create a unified repo for grub and grub-extra. As > grub doesn't support external module building, split it in two parts > is not convenient for both developer and user. Therefore, we can > maintain an unified source tree in the experimental repo, and push > patch to the corres

Re: Experimental branch for GRUB

2009-10-23 Thread Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko
Bean wrote: > Hi, > > I think it could be beneficial to have a experimental branch for GRUB. > Minor bug fixes can be applied to mainstream directly. But for big and > intrusive changes, such as the new menu system, we can place it in the > experimental branch first. Users intere

Re: Experimental branch for GRUB

2009-10-23 Thread Colin Watson
On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 03:45:28PM +0200, Robert Millan wrote: > I've to go soon and can go in more detail later, but user branches work > fine. I put two of my local patchsets there just a few minutes ago, > check http://bzr.savannah.gnu.org/lh/grub/people/robertmh/. > > I think building deb fro

Re: Experimental branch for GRUB

2009-10-23 Thread Robert Millan
On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 03:06:02PM +0800, Bean wrote: > > Hi, > > I take a quick look at bazaar, it seems to be working fine. However, > if we are to use bazaar, I suggest we host the project at launchpad, > for several reasons: > > Launchpad have a nice web interface. > > Launchpad can build u

Re: Experimental branch for GRUB

2009-10-23 Thread Bean
On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 6:17 AM, Robert Millan wrote: > On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 05:17:55PM +0800, Bean wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I think it could be beneficial to have a experimental branch for GRUB. >> Minor bug fixes can be applied to mainstream directly. But for big and &g

Re: Experimental branch for GRUB

2009-10-22 Thread Robert Millan
On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 05:17:55PM +0800, Bean wrote: > Hi, > > I think it could be beneficial to have a experimental branch for GRUB. > Minor bug fixes can be applied to mainstream directly. But for big and > intrusive changes, such as the new menu system, we can place it in the

Experimental branch for GRUB

2009-10-22 Thread Bean
Hi, I think it could be beneficial to have a experimental branch for GRUB. Minor bug fixes can be applied to mainstream directly. But for big and intrusive changes, such as the new menu system, we can place it in the experimental branch first. Users interested in the latest fancy feature can use