Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 12 Dec 2015 04:09:22 -0200 | Subject | Re: README Cleanup Project | From | Diego Viola <> |
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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
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