On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 6:10 PM, Robert Millan<r...@aybabtu.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > I think it's time we begin the discussion on GRUB 1.97. What do we want to > see in it, and a rough schedule. 1.97 is meant to be a point release, without > any major changes (I mean, except for those we already have ;-)), and it > should > happen soon (like this month or so). I think it would be good if we release before ubuntu's beta freeze. > > Here's what I'd like to see included: > > - Low memory heap (useful to move code off kern/i386/pc/startup.S). Originally I thought of a path relocator32->relocator users->mm relocator32 is ready for next round of review but is untested. Now I think about it mm patch isn't actually dependent on relocator32, just you won't get some features (as loading big initrds and removal of os_area_size/os_area_addr fields) before relocator32 is used by all loaders. I will adjust mm patch to this and add .(text|data|bss)-lowmem section support. > - Authentication support (even if it only supports passwords initially). > - Gettext. > - Integrated "hiddenmenu" functionality. > - Other cleanups, like Vladimir's video split. > What about savedefault? Which savedefault way you prefer? > > Bigger overhauls like the fancy menu I started splitting Collin's patches and actually only quite few need to go to the parts already present in grub2. Perhaps 1.97 can be brought to a state when gfxmenu can be compiled externally? > or Bean's proposal for new module > format, I think should be considered after 1.97. >
> > -- > Robert Millan > > The DRM opt-in fallacy: "Your data belongs to us. We will decide when (and > how) you may access your data; but nobody's threatening your freedom: we > still allow you to remove your data and not access it at all." > > > _______________________________________________ > Grub-devel mailing list > Grub-devel@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel > -- Regards Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko Personal git repository: http://repo.or.cz/w/grub2/phcoder.git _______________________________________________ Grub-devel mailing list Grub-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel
