Re: release planning

[Tobias Wollgam]

> If there is no objection, I'd like to release the first version of
> GRUB 2 for
> developers at the beginning of August, whatever status it is in. At
> the moment, I'm devoting myself into bugfixes and incorporation of
> workarounds
> from GRUB Legacy. I'm also going to implement a simple installer for
> GNU/Linux within this month.
>
> After that, I'd like to keep releasing new versions constantly.
> Hopefully, one
> per two or three months. The version numbers will be 1.9x, until we
> make GRUB
> 2 stable enough on PC.

I agree, I  await eagerly ... then I will start testing on our hardware.

> Currently, I believe that PC support is the priority, because people
> just
> stick to GRUB Legacy, and do not take part in GRUB 2. I won't push my
> opinion
> to others, but I wish others attach importance to the PC support
> and/or the
> generic part as well.

full ack

Many thanks!

        Tobias


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