Re: No more GRUB legacy at install time since wheezy?
On Fri, 24 Jun 2011 21:20:21 +0100, Brian wrote:
> On Fri 24 Jun 2011 at 19:13:27 +0000, Camaleón wrote:
>
>> Nope, that's a GRUB's statement not a Debian's one :-)
>
> You'll have to make do with this:
>
> http://wiki.debian.org/ReleaseGoals/GRUB2asDefault
Old stuff.
GRUB2 as default in the installer is a very good approach, as long as you
still have the option to get GRUB legacy, which seems no longer possible.
>> There are many packages that are not being "actively" developed but
>> still maintained upstream (how about "Unison"?) like GRUB legacy is.
>
> GRUB legacy is hardly being maintained upstream. It's on life-support.
It still receives bugfixes, enough for people who uses to install Debian
"stable" and prefers "old-but-working-and-tested" packages than the
bleeding edge.
> > Only bugfixes will be made so that GRUB Legacy can stil be used for
> > older systems.
>
>> Nice speech,
>
> Thank you - but it was of a 'get in touch with pragmatism' effort. :)
>
>> but I prefer to see the real numbers that support
>> it >:-)
>
> You give me the number of Debian users and I'll make a stab at it. :)
Sadly there are no credible numbers that can be fetched. For this kind of
decisions, I would prefer a poll or something in the like.
Greetings,
--
Camaleón
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