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Date:      Sun, 7 Oct 2012 12:03:51 -0700
From:      Devin Teske <devin.teske@fisglobal.com>
To:        =?iso-8859-1?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=F8rgrav?= <des@des.no>
Cc:        Devin Teske <dteske@freebsd.org>, freebsd-arch@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: New Boot Loader Menu
Message-ID:  <D61F7ED5-76C3-453D-878A-F0C678198C87@fisglobal.com>
In-Reply-To: <86fw5q15f9.fsf@ds4.des.no>
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On Oct 7, 2012, at 11:51 AM, Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav wrote:

> Devin Teske <devin.teske@fisglobal.com> writes:
>> Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav <des@des.no> writes:
>>> What problem are you trying to solve, exactly?
>> Many in-fact:
>> [list of things that bear no relation whatsoever to what was actually
>> in the email I replied to]
>=20

I disagree with your slight that those "things =85 bear no relation whatsoe=
ver to what was actually in the e-mail [you] replied to".

It only *seem* as those are unrelated. I assure you, they are _very_ relate=
d (and it's very much my mistake for not making it clear in my initial e-ma=
il). I must apologize for this lack of clarity (I try to rectify it below).


> Then maybe you should have focused on that in your original email.
>=20

Yes, perhaps.

Perhaps it would have been better to explain:

Hey=85

+ iX and I are working on enhancing the boot loader menu to include a new s=
ubmenu for selecting a Boot Environment (BE). I'm providing the menu infras=
tructure, iX is providing the C code to populate that menu.

+ We can't add this new menu item without pigeon-holing ourselves into a po=
sition where no more menuitems can be added.

+ This pigeon-hole has forced the hand of moving some-or-all of the boot op=
tions into a submenu.

+ This is what it would look like.

and _then_ ask:

+ What do you think of how it looks?

--=20
Devin

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