Re: lilo removal in squeeze (or, "please test grub2")
On 01/06/2010 10:32, Stan Hoeppner wrote:
> The reason grub2 is being forced upon us all is the need of the "desktop"
> users who want a 20MB kitchen sink kernel and initrd that will support any
> piece of hardware on any machine they throw at it. Many sysadmins don't want
> or need that, and we're being forced to change our bootloader due to the
> perceived needs of others.
>
> LILO isn't broken and it works well enough for may folks such as myself. We
> should have the option of keeping it, as an installable package, until _we_
> feel we need to change to something else. It's as much a philosophical issue
> as it is a practical one. There is no legitimate reason LILO can't be left in
> the distro as an optional package, just as it is now with Lenny.
>
A perfectly legitimate reason is that there is one willing to maintain
it. Lots of hot air on -user, but nobody prepared to do the work. IMHO
the kernel size issue is just the straw that broke the camel's back.
--
Jon Dowland
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