From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Tobias Geerinckx-Rice Subject: bug#35604: Is the top bootloader entry for previous generations the current one? Date: Mon, 06 May 2019 20:52:26 +0200 Message-ID: <874l67h0v9.fsf@nckx> References: <20190506163539.6xykcq55wec2gon7@pelzflorian.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="=-=-="; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:59855) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hNijY-0006qi-8M for bug-guix@gnu.org; Mon, 06 May 2019 14:53:05 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hNijW-0003Zq-G9 for bug-guix@gnu.org; Mon, 06 May 2019 14:53:04 -0400 Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:43863) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hNijW-0003Zg-88 for bug-guix@gnu.org; Mon, 06 May 2019 14:53:02 -0400 Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hNijV-0006xB-QG for bug-guix@gnu.org; Mon, 06 May 2019 14:53:01 -0400 Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-Message-ID: In-reply-to: <20190506163539.6xykcq55wec2gon7@pelzflorian.localdomain> List-Id: Bug reports for GNU Guix List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-guix-bounces+gcggb-bug-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "bug-Guix" To: "pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)" Cc: 35604@debbugs.gnu.org --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Florian, pelzflorian (Florian Pelz) wrote: > GRUB=E2=80=99s boot menu displays a menuentry for booting the current > generation and a submenu with entries for previous generations. > However, it is not clear if the generation at the top of the=20 > submenu > is the current generation or if it is one generation before. The current generation is by definition not a previous one and=20 shouldn't appear in the =E2=80=98previous=E2=80=99 list, but I see how it c= ould be=20 confusing. Especially once possible language barriers and=20 translations are added to the mix. > I would prefer to resolve this by displaying the current=20 > generation=E2=80=99s > generation number and date outside the submenu as is done for=20 > the > previous generations in the submenu. It makes for an uglier boot menu, which sounds silly, but I've=20 noticed that the more numbers and symbols are on a screen, the=20 more likely =E2=80=98non-geeks=E2=80=99 are to ignore the whole thing as so= mething=20 not meant for them to understand. Especially a black one :-) I=20 see it as part of GNU's values to counter that attitude. How about changing =E2=80=98previous generations=E2=80=99 to =E2=80=98all g= enerations=E2=80=99,=20 and have it include the current generation at the top (now with #=20 and date, maybe =E2=80=98(current)=E2=80=99 appended)? That way we can keep the default nice and friendly and skimmable=20 in ~5s, and the overview is actually a complete overview. Kind regards, T G-R --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iHUEARYKAB0WIQT12iAyS4c9C3o4dnINsP+IT1VteQUCXNCCagAKCRANsP+IT1Vt eXR+AQCFLSAcxYX3qFApqVfyjdJukFn9gjNpbJ7lJtc9I1JZhgD8DAucN+4WsSEO iPj7Mf85hRaG+EeokBk0g/0qj42CwwI= =z5E1 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=--