From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1LddHg-0007fP-Jr for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 28 Feb 2009 23:28:12 -0500 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LddHe-0007fI-Mo for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 28 Feb 2009 23:28:10 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LddHc-0007d6-9l for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 28 Feb 2009 23:28:10 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=50512 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LddHc-0007d3-3g for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 28 Feb 2009 23:28:08 -0500 Received: from c60.cesmail.net ([216.154.195.49]:50577) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_ARCFOUR_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LddHb-00082G-TJ for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 28 Feb 2009 23:28:08 -0500 Received: from unknown (HELO smtprelay2.cesmail.net) ([192.168.1.112]) by c60.cesmail.net with ESMTP; 28 Feb 2009 23:28:07 -0500 Received: from [192.168.0.22] (static-72-92-88-10.phlapa.fios.verizon.net [72.92.88.10]) by smtprelay2.cesmail.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 097CC34C6A for ; Sat, 28 Feb 2009 23:27:15 -0500 (EST) From: Pavel Roskin To: The development of GRUB 2 In-Reply-To: <49A9260E.1020909@gmail.com> References: <49A50DA2.20604@netsyncro.com> <49A532A3.1090007@gmail.com> <20090227210809.GK31629@thorin> <49A9260E.1020909@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2009 23:28:05 -0500 Message-Id: <1235881685.24700.7.camel@mj> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.24.4 (2.24.4-1.fc10) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. Subject: Re: Interesting GSoC project ideas for 09 X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GRUB 2 List-Id: The development of GRUB 2 List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 01 Mar 2009 04:28:10 -0000 On Sat, 2009-02-28 at 12:54 +0100, phcoder wrote: > Robert Millan wrote: > > Seems nice. Would you be willing to write a summary for these? Then we > > could add it to grub-soc.html. > Where is this file? > Here is elaborated list: In my opinion, matching all features of GRUB 1 on i386-pc should be the highest priority. It would allow distributions to switch to GRUB 2, bringing more users and more developers. As it stands now, GRUB 2 is seen as something much more experimental and dangerous than GRUB 1. We won't win many users by the mouse and bluetooth support if distros don't switch to the new GRUB. And distros are reluctant to make any changes that would be seen as regressions. If we cannot match some features, such as network support, we should offer alternative solutions and document them. -- Regards, Pavel Roskin