[syslinux] Syslinux 6.xx new directory structure and binary files
Ady
ady-sf at hotmail.com
Thu Aug 1 04:46:03 PDT 2013
Hello Syslinux Team,
To reduce the recurrent issues regarding new locations for binary
files (bios/efi32/efi64), I'd like to suggest adding this important
change to NEWS, in the "6.00" section (not retroactively, of course,
just from now on).
IMHO, this is the most simple way for users to clearly notice this
relevant change. When users want to find out "what's new" (even
retroactively), they usually read the NEWS / change-log / history
files.
By adding this change in NEWS (under "Changes in 6.00"), I am hoping
that users would be more aware regarding this new directory
structure. Instead of initially failing and then asking the same
question once again (or wrongly reporting this as a bug, or thinking
that binaries are no longer included), having this relevant info in
NEWS would save some time to at least some users, also reducing the
need to answer about this issue yet again.
I know the directory structure change was already mentioned in
previous emails, the IRC, and in the Syslinux Wiki. But by the time a
user searches (and with some luck, perhaps finds) those comments (as
troubleshooting steps), some initial failure has already happen, some
time has been already wasted. Explicitly mentioning this change in
the 6.00 change-log (in NEWS), would eventually trigger the same
addition into other documents that are based on the official NEWS
file.
Please kindly consider this suggestion / request.
TIA,
Ady.
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