[syslinux] [PULL 0/8] MultiFS suppport for BIOS and EFI

[H. Peter Anvin]

On 09/02/15 10:59, Gene Cumm via Syslinux wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 24, 2015 at 3:56 PM, H. Peter Anvin via Syslinux
> <syslinux at zytor.com> wrote:
>> On 07/23/2015 02:09 PM, Raphael S Carvalho via Syslinux wrote:
>>>>
>>> My sincere opinion is to apply this patchset as-is, and incrementally
>>> improve multifs. Lack of alternatives (additional features) *should not* be
>>> a reason to block this patchset. Again, I really think that this patchset
>>> should be applied unless a technical reason, e.g. some deficiency
>>> introduced by one of the patches, says otherwise. HPA, what do you think?
>>>
>>
>> Step 1 is to commit it on a branch.
> 
> I've actually been thinking about multifs since at least May and
> perhaps March.  I think its change-set is enough that it warrants a
> release unto itself.  When we're ready for 6.04, release 6.04, merge
> mutlifs, release 6.10, and probably update gnu-efi and release 6.11.
> Both of these change enough that they may have large impacts and
> warrant separation.
> 
> I think HPA does have the right idea.  Make a multifs branch to give
> it more traction and exposure.
> 

Put it on a branch and let's make it 6.10-rc1 right away.  That's how we
have dealt with this in the past.  The 6.0x branch continues as the
production branch until we feel confident in 6.1x.

	-hpa