Re: lilo removal in squeeze (or, "please test grub2")
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- Subject: Re: lilo removal in squeeze (or, "please test grub2")
- From: Jon Dowland <jmtd@debian.org>
- Date: Wed, 02 Jun 2010 17:11:27 +0100
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On 24/05/2010 23:44, Stan Hoeppner wrote:
> So it would appear boot loaders in general have a lack of interested/committed
> developers? Both LILO and GRUB.
>
> <sarcasm> So instead of just LILO, why didn't the Debian team just throw both
> bootloaders out the window and start over with committed devs? </sarcasm>
>
There would indeed appear to be a manpower problem for grub2 and lilo
*within* Debian, but the key issue here is that there is also a manpower
problem for lilo *outside* Debian, too.
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Jon Dowland
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