[Mageia-dev] [Mageia 2 specifications ] Grub2

[Michael scherer]

On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 03:12:52PM +0200, Anne nicolas wrote:
> Yet another burning subject that needs time to think about it and
> eventually migrate to.
> 
> https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2121
> 
> Grub 2 is coming now regularly in proposals. What should  we do about it :
> - Stay with Grub 1 - pb ? maintainance ? restrictions ?
> - Switch to Grub 2 : smooth migration, tests, integration...
> - another alternative ?
> 
> As usual, comments, proposals...

I think we should offer support for it, ie package, patch the tools
( given the fact that 5 people are ready to do the switch, I guess they are 
all eager to help on creating a proper package ).

But not do a change in the default before Mageia 3. While Grub 2 is working 
fine ( I use it since 3 years ), there was people complaining about this on ubuntu ( because
this changed their habits, because the documentation was sparse ) to warrant
not rushing the change. We value quality, and so we can offer grub2 as a option, 
and make sure it got enough test, even by people on the stable release before deciding.

IE, without any test, we should not change, so I would set a deadline to have grub2
ready befre saying "we switch".  

-- 
Michael Scherer
People that want grub 2 should be able to do it like those that use lilo.