Bug#425648: grub: Hang occurring slightly later for me

[Robert Millan]

On Tue, Feb 05, 2008 at 06:04:17PM +0100, Frans Pop wrote:
> On Tuesday 05 February 2008, Robert Millan wrote:
> > Not worth it IMHO, since it (grub) is going to disappear really soon now.
> 
> You keep saying that, but with the first freeze starting in March, I wonder 
> if it is realistic. Last I know is that there were still important 
> regressions in functionality for grub2 when compared to grub.

There were important regressions a few months ago;  now there are only minor
ones, plus a few bugs.  I expect it'll be ready before March.

> I would very much welcome an update on the status of grub2 and a detailed 
> transition plan, including details on how upgrades from grub to grub2 will 
> be handled.

It's on TODO.  I prefer to focus on the problems first, fix them, and then
tell you everything is good, than spend the time discussing if it's good or
not.

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Robert Millan

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