[Bug 898110] Re: please remove the "Previous Linux versions" sub-menu and display all kernels again

[Martin-Éric Racine]

Actually, the kernel team itself suggested that I file a bug about this
here. As there is no firm decision about this yet.

** Changed in: grub2 (Ubuntu)
       Status: Invalid => Confirmed

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Title:
  please remove the "Previous Linux versions" sub-menu and display all
  kernels again

Status in “grub2” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  The "Previous Linux versions" sub-menu is superflous on grub-pc, plus,
  it's rather pointless, in a situation when GRUB2 automatically adopts
  the BIOS' largest available resolution, which provides plenty of space
  to display all available kernels within a single view. It would thus
  be desirable to remove that sub-menu or to make its utilization
  entirely optional and to disable it by default. OEM manufacturers that
  pre-install Ubuntu on handheld devices with a limited screen footprint
  could easily pre-seed debconf answers to enable it as needed, whereas
  for average PC usage, the sub-menu is undesirable.

  ProblemType: BugDistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: grub-pc 1.99-14ubuntu2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-1.4~lp892615v1-generic 3.2.0-rc2
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-1-generic i586
  ApportVersion: 1.90-0ubuntu1
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Wed Nov 30 13:05:10 2011SourcePackage: grub2
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2009-02-07 (1026 days ago)

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