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On 02/14/2012 02:29 PM, Andrea Conti wrote: |
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> Re grub2: as long as grub0 works, I really don't care if grub2 is |
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> better, cleaner, shinier, more modern or anything else. |
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> I don't need a freakin' whole OS to boot linux, and having a |
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> configuration that is so convoluted that it *has to* be generated by |
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> running a set of scripts makes no sense at all. I thought the days of m4 |
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> and sendmail.cf were over a long time ago... |
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Well, it's a good thing that GRUB 2 is just a bootloader, then. :-) |
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And again, nobody needs the tools to configure it; they are simply |
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standardized from what various distributions developed for GRUB Legacy, |
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but was incompatible from one distribution to the next. |
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> I am sure grub2 can be made to work, but for a piece of software as |
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> vital as a boot loader, that level of complexity in my opinion is |
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> totally unreasonable and impossible to justify. |
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How about "It Just Works". Seriously. |
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It is a better designed system with most of its functionality pushed |
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into modules. It is portable to more than just x86, as I've already |
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mentioned before, and during _that_ whole process, the quality of the |
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code increased significantly. It is more robust, and from the POV of a |
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user, maintainer, or packager it is *much* simpler. |
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When supporting GRUB Legacy, it's almost a necessity to know which |
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distribution the user installed it with. Why? Because all of them are |
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different! That is no longer the case with GRUB 2. |
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I'm not sure how that translates to being more complex. If you are |
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averse to change, just say so and be done with it. Is it different? |
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Oh, yes, absolutely. It couldn't be better if it were the same, could |
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it? ;-) |
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--- Mike |
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A man who reasons deliberately, manages it better after studying Logic |
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than he could before, if he is sincere about it and has common sense. |
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--- Carveth Read, “Logic” |