Release Planning
Principles
- We want to keep GRUB being a project for fun, so we wouldn't define milestones.
- Unlike casual contributors, the official maintainers should work according to the priority (at least in their minds).
- Each release should be made regularly, regardless of the status. Possibly every 2-3 months.
- The version numbers should be 1.9x, until GRUB 2 becomes stable enough.
1.90
- Estimate Date
- 2005-08-07
- Release Focus
- The initial release. A simple installer for PC.
1.91
- Estimate Date
- 2005-10-16
- Release Focus
- Completing the text-based user interface (the menu, the entry editor and the command-line). The addition of important filesystems (XFS and ReiserFS).
1.92
- Estimate Date
- 2005-12-25
- Release Focus
- Completing the graphics-based user interface and Multiboot support.
- Pending Items
- ReiserFS.
1.93
- Estimate Date
- 2006-03-05
- Release Focus
- Completing the graphics-based user interface, Multiboot support and enhancing scripting support.
- Pending Items
- ReiserFS, graphics-based user interface and Multiboot.
1.94
- Estimate Date
- 2006-06-04
- Release Focus
- EFI support, network support and better CDROM support.
- Pending Items
- ReiserFS, graphics-based user interface and Multiboot.
1.95
- Estimate Date
- 2006-08-19
- Release Focus
- Porting more features from GRUB Legacy.
- Pending Items
- ReiserFS, graphics-based user interface, Multiboot, network support and better CDROM support.
1.96
- Estimate Date
- 2006-11-04
- Release Focus
- Serious stabilization and documentation.
- Note
We would like to claim that GRUB 2 is beta at this stage. beta means that GRUB 2 has the same usability as GRUB Legacy.