Re: [PATCH v2] i386-pc: build verifiers API as module

[Colin Watson]

On Mon, Mar 22, 2021 at 04:20:00PM +0100, Daniel Kiper wrote:
> NAK for this patch and others "fixing" small MBR gaps. I am not going to
> deal with this kind of issues any longer because a few folks in the
> world cannot/do not want/... reinstall their systems. Sorry guys.

I'd just like to say that I think this is an unfortunate mistake, and
puts distributions in an invidious position.

> Additionally, the commit 5fd18f77e (mbr: Warn if MBR gap is small and
> user uses advanced modules) and 505d92f5e (mbr: Document new limitations
> on MBR gap support) are pretty clear we do not support advanced configs
> with small MBR gaps any longer.

Yes.  As I recently posted to the list, I do not think this should be
used as an excuse not to fix problems where it is relatively
straightforward to do so.

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Colin Watson (he/him)                              [cjwatson@debian.org]