[gentoo-dev] Opinions on a "sys-boot" category for bootloaders

[Kumba <kumba@gentoo.org>]

I'd like to get opinions on what people think about creating a sys-boot 
category for the various bootloaders.  A majority (if not all of them) 
can be found in sys-apps currently.

At the moment, I can identify 10 different packages for bootloaders for 
the various architectures:

sys-apps/aboot (Alpha w/ SRM)
sys-apps/dvhtool (Mips)
sys-apps/grub (x86)
sys-apps/grub-static (x86)
sys-apps/lilo (x86)
sys-apps/milo (Alpha w/o SRM)
sys-apps/palo (Hppa/Parisc)
sys-apps/silo (Sparc)
sys-apps/syslinux (CD-ROM)
sys-apps/yaboot (PPC)

There are some other bootloaders not in portage yet that could join this 
group.  A couple I know off the top of my head are arcboot (Mips), nuni 
(x86), and u-boot (universal).

Anyone else knows of some bootloaders not in portage that'd fit into a 
category like this, chime in as well.


--Kumba

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"Such is oft the course of deeds that move the wheels of the world: 
small hands do them because they must, while the eyes of the great are 
elsewhere."  --Elrond


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