Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751356AbbLLGJY (ORCPT ); Sat, 12 Dec 2015 01:09:24 -0500 Received: from mail-ob0-f175.google.com ([209.85.214.175]:36043 "EHLO mail-ob0-f175.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750910AbbLLGJX (ORCPT ); Sat, 12 Dec 2015 01:09:23 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20151212053548.GO20997@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> References: <20151212053548.GO20997@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> Date: Sat, 12 Dec 2015 04:09:22 -0200 Message-ID: Subject: Re: README Cleanup Project From: Diego Viola To: Al Viro Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, trivial@kernel.org, corbet@lwn.net Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1518 Lines: 47 On Sat, Dec 12, 2015 at 3:35 AM, Al Viro 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/