From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1Li5uM-0007Gp-H5 for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 13 Mar 2009 07:50:35 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Li5uG-0007FE-V1 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 13 Mar 2009 07:50:29 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Li5uD-0007EM-WB for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 13 Mar 2009 07:50:27 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=57107 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Li5uC-0007E7-CD for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 13 Mar 2009 07:50:25 -0400 Received: from mail.nexedi.com ([91.121.25.85]:41240 helo=nexedi.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Li5uB-0006DB-UC for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 13 Mar 2009 07:50:24 -0400 Received: from [10.8.0.46] (unknown [10.8.0.46]) by nexedi.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0AC453D9F7 for ; Fri, 13 Mar 2009 12:50:18 +0100 (CET) From: "Yoshinori K. Okuji" Organization: enbug.org To: The development of GRUB 2 Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2009 20:50:11 +0900 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.10 References: <49A50DA2.20604@netsyncro.com> <1235881685.24700.7.camel@mj> <20090304205952.GC31201@thorin> In-Reply-To: <20090304205952.GC31201@thorin> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200903132050.12393.okuji@enbug.org> X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) Subject: Re: Migrating to GRUB 2 in Debian (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: Fri, 13 Mar 2009 11:50:29 -0000 On Thursday 05 March 2009 05:59:52 Robert Millan wrote: > We don't need a complete match of all the GRUB Legacy features in order to > migrate. The things I identified as needed for migration in Debian are > listed here: > > http://wiki.debian.org/GrubTransition > > I think Xen is fixed now though (someone can confirm?). For grub-reboot > / savedefault almost all the pieces are there already (thanks to bean). > > For lock / password we need to agree on whether the proposed approach is > acceptable, or otherwise what needs to be done. I have the same regression problem as Debian, personally. The password-based security feature is not quite important for me, but savedefault / fallback are critical to use GRUB in a remote environment (to upgrade / replace a kernel safely). So, I am ready for spending time to review any patch about this. Could you pinpoint where the "proposed approach" is? Regards, Okuji