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Re: package for distribution
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Robert Millan |
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Re: package for distribution |
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Wed, 2 Jan 2008 11:13:32 +0100 |
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Hi,
On Wed, Jan 02, 2008 at 12:22:18AM -0500, Pavel Roskin wrote:
> Hello!
>
> Quoting shirish <address@hidden>:
>
> > Hi all,
> > I have been trying to see when GRUB2 is packaged so I could try
> >it, use it & understand all or any differences. I am running Ubuntu
> >Hardy Heron (unstable).
>
> I think you make a wrong assumption here, that if GRUB2 is packaged,
> changing the bootloader will be easy and safe. I really doubt that
> it's possible to make such package at this stage of GRUB2 development.
> Whoever makes such package will be bombarded with questions and
> complaints about systems that don't boot.
>
> In particular, the current code is known to be broken on PowerMac.
>
> >AFAIK Ubuntu sources the GRUB2 package from
> >Debian Sid & the last packaging was done on 20071101-1
> >http://packages.debian.org/sid/grub2 . I was just wondering if
> >somebody knows of any discussion as to what kind of decisions are made
> >for packaging it and/or somehow to get a feed of whenever they package
> >it i.e. the latest.
>
> If you interested in packaging for Debian and Ubuntu, perhaps you
> should talk to the packagers.
I do the packages for Debian Sid. If you have questions about the
package provided at http://packages.debian.org/sid/grub2, feel free to
ask me directly or via Debian BTS.
I expect it should work on any flavour of Debian, including Ubuntu ones.
--
Robert Millan
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