Bug#495282: grub-pc: desktop-grub usage instead of hardcoding background file name

[Robert Millan]

On Sat, Aug 16, 2008 at 05:58:24PM +0200, Fathi Boudra wrote:
> On Saturday 16 August 2008 15:49:58 Robert Millan wrote:
> > It's not so simple.  Canvas resolution and color selection are intimately
> > tied to the chosen brackground.  For example, you don't want to use 640x480
> > with a bigger image, or black foreground text on a dark background image.
> >
> > I agree the current solution is not ideal, but solving this requires more
> > careful thought.
> 
> as said on latest mail on the bug report:
> I have done a naîve implementation. I guess you'll find some bottleneck.
> 
> current proposal doesn't resolve all requirements, but at least resolve 
> hardcoded file name.

Hi Fathi,

I'm afraid it doesn't solve the problem in an acceptable way.  If we apply your
patch next time we'll have to figure out how to support people who choose
dark backgrounds, etc, and we'll already be committed to support them.

The problem is I can't decide right now if the complete solution will be
acceptable, because I haven't seen it yet.

For now, I think editting /etc/grub.d/* files is the least bad option.

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