Re: Some ideas about new features of grub

[Robert Millan]

On Thu, Jul 02, 2009 at 04:48:56PM +0800, Bean wrote:
> 
> LUA integration.
> LUA is quite powerful, it's more suitable to do complicated task than
> sh script. For example, we can use it to detect os at runtime,
> implement simple commands, or draw the graphic menu.

I feel similarly about LUA as I do about writable filesystems.  In fact I'm
considering a configure flag so that it's only enabled only when user
requests it.

But I know both Marco and Pavel feel strongly about this.  Please can you
comment?

-- 
Robert Millan

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