Proposed F19 Feature: Syslinux Option

[Miloslav Trmač]

On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 8:30 PM, Jaroslav Reznik <jreznik at redhat.com> wrote:
> = Features/SyslinuxOption =
> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/SyslinuxOption
>
> Feature owner(s):  Matthew Miller <mattdm at fedoraproject.org>
>
> This feature will make Syslinux an optional bootloader for Fedora, in
> kickstart and via a hidden Anaconda option. When used this way, it will
> replace grub2.

So, to summarize, this saves <= 6 MB of disk space, and <= 1 second of
boot time, at the cost of extra maintenance and QA burden in anaconda
and grubby?

I'd love to hear what anaconda developers and Fedora QA think about
this trade-off.


Is there perhaps a consensus what the long-term future will look like?
 In particular, is it impossible/plausible/probable that most
architectures will move to EFI, and if so, will virtualization also
move to EFI eventually?  That would mean syslinux is not a long-term
option.  Or is the future in this area uncertain enough that there is
a benefit in having more options readily available?
   Mirek