Bug#491376: recipe for BIOS-based boot on gpt

[Robert Millan <rmh@aybabtu.com>]

On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 02:10:42PM +0100, Colin Watson wrote:
> Firstly, at this point I am thoroughly convinced that something like
> this patch is necessary, and I think the tone being taken with the
> original submitter has been out of order; driving people away from
> making improvements to d-i is not what we want to do, considering our
> limited developer base! Yes, we should make sure that patches are
> necessary, since all maintenance has a cost, but we should also
> demonstrate a little more respect for the judgement of our fellow
> developers and remember that there is a substantial difference in tone
> between "I'm trying to understand why this is needed" and "huge NACK",
> even if we are stressed out trying to produce something releaseable.

Thanks Colin.  I see that you're already on track on getting the
implementation details right.  I don't think I'm the most indicate to
comment on your changes to partman internals, but I remain at your
disposal in case there's any doubts about the GRUB side of things
that need be resolved.

-- 
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."