From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1LdpGZ-0007sY-Ix for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 01 Mar 2009 12:15:51 -0500 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LdpGW-0007ni-Ur for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 01 Mar 2009 12:15:48 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LdpGU-0007jB-Sg for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 01 Mar 2009 12:15:47 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=39257 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LdpGU-0007iv-Ns for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 01 Mar 2009 12:15:46 -0500 Received: from fg-out-1718.google.com ([72.14.220.159]:42330) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LdpGU-0008OZ-Ce for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 01 Mar 2009 12:15:46 -0500 Received: by fg-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id l27so829713fgb.30 for ; Sun, 01 Mar 2009 09:15:45 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references:in-reply-to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=4RYvSQeItgndfFqSgHm9c3anzPQGurIUn0q82ZLo/oE=; b=mW6zcgplmhir+S3ONkcgRdE0nk0Is4gKsUPFkEj0Jsu59UiaFYIFrNe8R1p9Zy+Fb2 blmU0mZfGkkCAQHur9IPixZutKFxZ4UF0bJF7kh6kGAfbzLybPCNJyQsFQOQGAurxIGZ ia8ydRCQxWHoxeWUvQZBCsKdxgyqWGPtI1ypo= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=WvG++W13YeF1ZJ4l9gm6JXfs0i6zZ675Q6xaO0P0gGfFqQ75xxmnmgcPsvMZ/fUzFu csyNvMY6AyqIG1kJ3joaMEu5vQMSd/Dpd8Ih4aLdHkdZcFa7TMdVZUs3AOEyxnWtS6MA BPTeqvtdfjD8NK8VXjUuXClPvgmmcnbOWRua4= Received: by 10.86.92.4 with SMTP id p4mr2558158fgb.36.1235927745016; Sun, 01 Mar 2009 09:15:45 -0800 (PST) Received: from ?192.168.1.25? (83-134.203-62.cust.bluewin.ch [62.203.134.83]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 12sm10652103fgg.43.2009.03.01.09.15.44 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Sun, 01 Mar 2009 09:15:44 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <49AAC2BF.7050307@gmail.com> Date: Sun, 01 Mar 2009 18:15:43 +0100 From: phcoder User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (X11/20090105) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: The development of GRUB 2 References: <49A50DA2.20604@netsyncro.com> <49A532A3.1090007@gmail.com> <20090227210809.GK31629@thorin> <49A9260E.1020909@gmail.com> <1235881685.24700.7.camel@mj> In-Reply-To: <1235881685.24700.7.camel@mj> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) 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 17:15:49 -0000 I personally see following features still missing from grub2 comparing to grub1: -network It's in the list -lock It's more a question of discussing design that actually coding -simple partition manipulation I started a design discussion about this subject but nobody seems to be interested. If I receive no further replies I suppose that my proposition with "parttool" in "Re: [PATCH] make partition active" is ok and implement it -map hook Vesa is working on low memory loading which is a prerequisite. If my boot patch gets incorporated with Vesa's code it should be fairly simple to do it -setkey I've seen that someone already started keymap support Pavel Roskin wrote: > 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 Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko