On Sat 24 Oct 2015 at 20:21:58 +1300, Chris Bannister wrote: > On Fri, Oct 23, 2015 at 11:20:08PM +0100, Brian wrote: > > On Fri 23 Oct 2015 at 22:37:32 +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > > > > On Friday 23 October 2015 19:51:17 Brian wrote: > > > > > > > > To be pedantic: GRUB2 and GRUB1 don't exist in Debian. They don't really > > > > exist under those names on the GNU website either or in the > > > > documentation. It is GRUB or GRUB-legacy. People like harking back to a > > > > time long past though. > > > > > > Yes, I do know that - see my first email. But GRUB-PC is also an > > > obsolete > > > name - and at least you understood what I meant by GRUB1 and GRUB2 > > > however > > > incorrect the nomenclature - and I did know it was incorrect/obsolete. I > > > was > > > just trying to be unambiguous. In which I succeeded. Once you just > > > say "GRUB", you have to know to which version of Debian one is referring, > > > to > > > know which GRUB is meant. > > > > It is a courtesy to use the names used by upstream. GRUB has been the > > default bootloader in Debian since Squeeze. How many years is that? > > *cough* firefox *cough*
A legality.
