On Tue, 12 Apr 2005, Mike Bird wrote:
If you like Grub on your desktop go ahead and use it. I'm not the one trying to stop you from using the tools that work best for you. The Fedora politburo is trying to dictate which boot loader, word processor, and spread sheet the rest of us should use.
Dictate? How exactly is removing a package from Fedora Core "dictating" to anyone what they must use?
Fedora Core 4 is going to be how many CDs? There needs to be a sanity limit on how much software is packaged as part of Fedora Core, tracked and maintained by Red Hat. That's just a reality.
I don't think it's that hard to continue to use lilo. If you are upgrading, simply choose "do not install a boot loader". If you are installing from scratch, choose whatever, and then boot (from a rescue disk if necessary) and install lilo yourself. Wouldn't that work for you?
Please stop deliberately breaking things on religious grounds.
It's not about religion, it's about workload. Anyone who wants to see an alternate bootloader in Fedora Extras has the option (yes, yes, if they have the time) to put themselves forward as a possible maintainer. -- Robin