Bug#465245: grub-pc: Please make quiet option the default.

[Otavio Salvador]

Robert Millan <rmh at aybabtu.com> writes:

> On Wed, Feb 13, 2008 at 09:53:19AM -0200, Otavio Salvador wrote:
>> >
>> > Nope, I want to see the "relevant" boot messages (like daemons that are
>> > started). Without the quiet boot option though, I get too much "noise"
>> > from the kernel and I miss the important information.
>> 
>> This is done, on grub, due the grub-installer setting it.
>
> I see.
>
>> However I don't think grub2, itself, ought to set it.
>
> Why not?  I find it strange that "quiet" is considered the preferred default
> for new installs but not for upgrades.

On upgrades, it should _preserve_ the changes. So, if user used quiet,
it ought to preserve it. Otherwise, it shouldn't _add_ it.

grub2 shouldn't have it default by it own.

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