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| From | Diego Viola <diego.viola@gmail.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.kernel |
| Subject | Re: README Cleanup Project |
| Date | 2015-12-12 07:10 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <qELxv-6Sq-3@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | <qEKi6-5Re-5@gated-at.bofh.it> <qEL4t-6t6-3@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| Organization | linux.* mail to news gateway |
On Sat, Dec 12, 2015 at 3:35 AM, Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> wrote: > On Sat, Dec 12, 2015 at 02:46:30AM -0200, Diego Viola wrote: >> Hello everyone, >> >> I would like to do some cleanup on the README, for example, I see it >> still mentions LILO in a few places, e.g. >> >> https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/README#L256-L258 >> >> And: >> >> https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/README#L295-L317 >> >> Is this still relevant today? Can I send a patch to remove it from the >> README? Any objections? > > What for? LILO still works just fine here, TYVM. > I know LILO still works fine, and I know the project is still alive. >> Could you guys also help me identify other parts in the README that >> are not relevant anymore today? >> >> I understand some people still use LILO but most don't anymore, so I >> would like to help keep the README updated to reflect on what the >> current standards and needs are. > > _What_ current standards? Perhaps not "standards" but there are other bootloaders these days, GRUB and systemd-boot being one of them. Shouldn't the README be generic or neutral about bootloaders? See this message from Jonathan Corbet where he gave his opinion on this: https://lkml.org/lkml/2015/12/10/602 Thanks, Diego -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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README Cleanup Project Diego Viola <diego.viola@gmail.com> - 2015-12-12 05:50 +0100
Re: README Cleanup Project Al Viro <viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> - 2015-12-12 06:40 +0100
Re: README Cleanup Project Diego Viola <diego.viola@gmail.com> - 2015-12-12 07:10 +0100
Re: README Cleanup Project Diego Viola <diego.viola@gmail.com> - 2015-12-12 07:30 +0100
Re: README Cleanup Project Diego Viola <diego.viola@gmail.com> - 2015-12-12 13:00 +0100
Re: README Cleanup Project Richard Weinberger <richard.weinberger@gmail.com> - 2015-12-12 13:50 +0100
Re: README Cleanup Project Diego Viola <diego.viola@gmail.com> - 2015-12-12 15:10 +0100
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