Bug#106399: GRUB Legacy is feature frozen

[Robert Millan]

tags 106399 upstream
thanks

On Thu, Sep 28, 2006 at 08:47:21AM +1000, Jason Thomas wrote:
> This bug started with simply turning on existing networking support.
> I've just read over all the messages and from memory there are problems
> with turning them all on at once.
> 
> Now the patch that Frédéric sent in does something completely different
> and adds a whole bunch of new code.  Unfortunately we can't add this so
> close to release.

Then it's an upstream issue.  If we add this code while diverging from upstream
it is dangerous.  OTOH, if upstream find the code correct and commits it to CVS,
then we're just talking about a new CVS snapshot.  I think only the latter would
be acceptable.

I would really encourage Frédéric (or anyone else) to try to get it done in
GRUB 2 instead.  Post-etch we might even get rid of GRUB Legacy making this work
mostly useless.

> As I said in my first reply to this bug. I don't use this feature and
> know very little about it. So its upto someone else to explain how this
> works.

Ok, but if we're patching code this discussion/explanation really belongs in
bug-grub at gnu.org.  Frédéric, if you really want to work on this for GRUB
Legacy, please send your patch there first.

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