Camaleón wrote: > Bob Proulx wrote: > > They have moved on. > > They can "move on" without hurting users >:-( Hmm... Is there something in particular that makes grub different from any other random project? Does every project need to keep every version of their history available and online for all time? Most don't. How is 'grub' different from say 'grep'? Should 'grep' keep all versions of its historical documentation online? If the distro happens to have an older version of 'grep' installed but the GNU version is newer are they bad because they don't keep the older documentation online? What makes 'grub' special? http://www.gnu.org/software/grep/manual/ > > It doesn't benefit the upstream to keep two versions active. For > > better or for worse this is mostly how all upstreams work. > > Hey, we are talking about "documentation", not the full project. GRUB > legacy code will be still available while not actively developed, that's > fine, at least for me it makes sense. But deleting the online > documentacion just because the project is old/deprecated... wow, I cannot > understand that decision. Isn't that just standard operating procedure? Don't most projects update in place? Should 'gawk' also keep the documentation for older versions online? http://www.gnu.org/software/gawk/manual/ > Anyway, GRUB legacy is still installed by default in some major > distributions (i.e., openSUSE). Then if it benefits their users isn't the responsibility of OpenSuSE to provide documentation that matches their distribution? (And I would say the same about Debian.) > >> > >> > There are still people using Grub legacy and online manual is > >> > >> > very useful (i.e., for pointing someone to a specific paragraph > >> > >> > or give it a quick review). > > > > True. But you can always quote the parts to which you are referring. > > (...) > > Not always. I can be on non-linux system without access to any "man grub" > nor "info grub" :-/ For me I wouldn't ever be on such a system. :-) :-) Bob
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