Re: [PATCH 2/2] MAINTAINERS: update new GRUB git repository and mailing list

Leo Sandoval via Grub-devel <[email protected]> Fri, 13 Mar 2026 09:20:15 -0600
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Thanks Andrew for collecting all these names. We are in contact with most
of them, except Richard (whom I worked with previously) and Thomas.

The plan is to CC them on the incoming mail to make the transition as
smooth as possible..

Leo

On Thu, Mar 12, 2026 at 2:53=E2=80=AFPM Andrew Hamilton <[email protected]=
> wrote:

> For Buildroot it looks like they have a DEVELOPERS file in the root of th=
e
> repo (
> https://github.com/buildroot/buildroot/blob/master/DEVELOPERS
> ) and the following is associated with GRUB
> [email protected]
>
> Yocto appears to have GRUB in the open embedded-core layer per:
>
> https://layers.openembedded.org/layerindex/branch/master/layer/openembedd=
ed-core/
> The maintainer is listed as
> [email protected]
>
> For distros it appears Redhat is covered.
> Debian might be
> [email protected]
>  Per
> https://salsa.debian.org/grub-team/grub/-/commits/master?ref_type=3DHEADS
>
> I saw something from Gentoo on this topic earlier so they seem covered
>
> For Suse I found maybe
> [email protected] from
>
> https://build.opensuse.org/projects/openSUSE:Factory/packages/grub2/files=
/0001-00_header-Omit-loading-efi_uga-on-non-x86-EFI-platfo.patch?expand=3D1
>
>
> For Arch I found  [email protected]
>  Per
> https://archlinux.org/packages/core/x86_64/grub/
>
> There are more variants I know but those are the biggest ones I could
> think of, but feel free to double check me.
>
> Thanks
> Andrew
>
> On Thu, Mar 12, 2026 at 2:00=E2=80=AFPM Leo Sandoval <[email protected]=
> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Mar 12, 2026 at 11:21=E2=80=AFAM Andrew Hamilton <adhamilt@gmail=
.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Will this info be updated on the
>>> https://www.gnu.org/software/grub/
>>>  site?
>>>
>>
>> Yes, that is the plan. In fact, not just the above but also these
>>
>>
>> - ML https://www.gnu.org/software/grub/grub-mailinglist.html
>> - Bugs https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?group=3Dgrub/
>> - lore https://lore.kernel.org/grub-devel/
>>
>> These may take some time but volunteers are welcome to speed up the
>> process.
>>
>>
>>> Do you think this patch post will get the attention from all the key
>>> users of Grub (like distribution maintainers, Buildroot, Yocto, etc.) t=
o
>>> start planning to update their build tools to point to a new place?
>>>
>>
>> I do not think so.
>>
>> What do you think is the best way to reach the outside
>> distro/buildroot/YP community?
>>
>> BTW, We will send an email soon with migration details as mentioned in
>> the commit description.
>>
>>
>>>
>>> Will some pointer be left in place from the current Git and mailing lis=
t
>>> to the new location, and archive of the current list for future referen=
ce?
>>>
>>
>> Good points, I'm not sure of the best path but at least you pointed out
>> what is needed. Let me talk to the team about it.
>>
>>
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Andrew
>>>
>>> On Thu, Mar 12, 2026 at 12:31=E2=80=AFPM Leo Sandoval via Grub-devel <
>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> We are announcing the new place where the GRUB repository [1] will be
>>>> hosted
>>>> and its corresponding mailing list [2]. The repository at freedesktop
>>>> [1] would
>>>> become soon the upstream repository, so new contributions will need to
>>>> be done through merge-requests.
>>>>
>>>> The decision to migrate to a more modern repository system (freedeskto=
p
>>>> is
>>>> indeed a gitlab instance) is clear and based on several proposed
>>>> options, freedesktop turned out to be the best option. More
>>>> information about this migration is comming soon.
>>>>
>>>> [1] https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gnu-grub/grub/
>>>> [2]
>>>> https://lists.freedesktop.org/postorius/lists/grub-devel.lists.freedes=
ktop.org/
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Marta Lewandowska <[email protected]>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Leo Sandoval <[email protected]>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Daniel Kiper <[email protected]>
>>>> ---
>>>>  MAINTAINERS | 10 ++++------
>>>>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
>>>> index eeef70f42f..2d7dcc2073 100644
>>>> --- a/MAINTAINERS
>>>> +++ b/MAINTAINERS
>>>> @@ -14,10 +14,9 @@ file to get more information how to properly report
>>>> this kind of bugs to
>>>>  the maintainers.
>>>>
>>>>  The GRUB development happens on the grub-devel mailing list [1]. The
>>>> latest
>>>> -GRUB source code is available at Savannah git repository [2].
>>>> -
>>>> -Users can ask for help on the help-grub mailing list [3].
>>>> +GRUB source code is available at freedesktop git repository [2].
>>>>
>>>> +Users can also ask for help on the same grub-devel mailing list [1].
>>>>
>>>>  List of past GRUB maintainers and people who strongly contributed to
>>>> the project
>>>>
>>>>  =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
>>>> @@ -32,6 +31,5 @@ strongly contributed to the project:
>>>>    - Yoshinori K. Okuji.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -[1] https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel
>>>> -[2]
>>>> https://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=3Dgrub.git&view=3Dview+git+repo=
sitory
>>>> -[3]
>>>> <https://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=3Dgrub.git&view=3Dview+git+rep=
ository-[3]>
>>>> https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-grub
>>>> +[1]
>>>> https://lists.freedesktop.org/postorius/lists/grub-devel.lists.freedes=
ktop.org/
>>>> +[2] https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gnu-grub/grub/
>>>> --
>>>> 2.52.0
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>> Grub-devel mailing list
>>>> [email protected]
>>>> https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel
>>>>
>>>

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<div dir=3D"ltr">Thanks Andrew for collecting all these names. We are in co=
ntact with most of them, except Richard (whom I worked with previously) and=
 Thomas.<div><br></div><div>The plan is to CC them on the incoming mail to =
make the transition as smooth as possible..</div><div><br></div><div>Leo</d=
iv></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir=3D"l=
tr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Thu, Mar 12, 2026 at 2:53=E2=80=AFPM Andrew Ham=
ilton &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>&gt; =
wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0=
px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><div=
><div dir=3D"auto">For Buildroot it looks like they have a DEVELOPERS file =
in the root of the repo ( <div style=3D"font-size:inherit"><a href=3D"https=
://github.com/buildroot/buildroot/blob/master/DEVELOPERS" style=3D"font-siz=
e:inherit" target=3D"_blank">https://github.com/buildroot/buildroot/blob/ma=
ster/DEVELOPERS</a></div>) and the following is associated with GRUB<br></d=
iv><div dir=3D"auto"><div style=3D"font-size:inherit"><a href=3D"mailto:tho=
[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</=
a></div><br></div></div><div><div dir=3D"auto">Yocto appears to have GRUB i=
n the open embedded-core layer per:=C2=A0<div style=3D"font-size:inherit"><=
a href=3D"https://layers.openembedded.org/layerindex/branch/master/layer/op=
enembedded-core/" style=3D"font-size:inherit" target=3D"_blank">https://lay=
ers.openembedded.org/layerindex/branch/master/layer/openembedded-core/</a><=
/div><div style=3D"font-size:inherit" dir=3D"auto">The maintainer is listed=
 as=C2=A0<div style=3D"font-size:inherit" dir=3D"auto"><a href=3D"mailto:ri=
[email protected]" style=3D"font-size:inherit" target=3D"_bl=
ank">[email protected]</a></div></div></div><div dir=3D"au=
to"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">For distros it appears Redhat is covered.=
=C2=A0<br></div><div dir=3D"auto">Debian might be <div style=3D"font-size:i=
nherit" dir=3D"auto"><a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" style=3D"f=
ont-size:inherit" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a></div>=C2=
=A0Per=C2=A0<div style=3D"font-size:inherit"><a href=3D"https://salsa.debia=
n.org/grub-team/grub/-/commits/master?ref_type=3DHEADS" style=3D"font-size:=
inherit" target=3D"_blank">https://salsa.debian.org/grub-team/grub/-/commit=
s/master?ref_type=3DHEADS</a></div><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">I saw someth=
ing from Gentoo on this topic earlier so they seem covered</div></div></div=
><div><div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">For Suse I found m=
aybe=C2=A0<div style=3D"font-size:inherit" dir=3D"auto"><a href=3D"mailto:m=
[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a> from=C2=A0<div style=
=3D"font-size:inherit"><a href=3D"https://build.opensuse.org/projects/openS=
USE:Factory/packages/grub2/files/0001-00_header-Omit-loading-efi_uga-on-non=
-x86-EFI-platfo.patch?expand=3D1" style=3D"font-size:inherit" target=3D"_bl=
ank">https://build.opensuse.org/projects/openSUSE:Factory/packages/grub2/fi=
les/0001-00_header-Omit-loading-efi_uga-on-non-x86-EFI-platfo.patch?expand=
=3D1</a></div><div style=3D"font-size:inherit" dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div =
style=3D"font-size:inherit" dir=3D"auto"><br></div></div>For Arch I found =
=C2=A0<span style=3D"font-size:inherit"><a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]=
rg" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a></span><br><span style=3D"font=
-size:inherit">=C2=A0Per=C2=A0</span><div style=3D"font-size:inherit"><a hr=
ef=3D"https://archlinux.org/packages/core/x86_64/grub/" style=3D"font-size:=
inherit" target=3D"_blank">https://archlinux.org/packages/core/x86_64/grub/=
</a></div></div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">There are mor=
e variants I know but those are the biggest ones I could think of, but feel=
 free to double check me.<br></div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"=
auto">Thanks<br></div><div dir=3D"auto">Andrew</div><div><br><div class=3D"=
gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Thu, Mar 12, 2026 at =
2:00=E2=80=AFPM Leo Sandoval &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" tar=
get=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote clas=
s=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid r=
gb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></d=
iv><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On =
Thu, Mar 12, 2026 at 11:21=E2=80=AFAM Andrew Hamilton &lt;<a href=3D"mailto=
:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br=
></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;=
border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"auto">=
Will this info be updated on the=C2=A0<div style=3D"font-size:inherit"><a h=
ref=3D"https://www.gnu.org/software/grub/" style=3D"font-size:inherit" targ=
et=3D"_blank">https://www.gnu.org/software/grub/</a></div>=C2=A0site?</div>=
</blockquote><div><br></div><div>Yes, that is the plan. In fact, not just t=
he above but also these</div><div><br></div><div><br>- ML <a href=3D"https:=
//www.gnu.org/software/grub/grub-mailinglist.html" target=3D"_blank">https:=
//www.gnu.org/software/grub/grub-mailinglist.html</a><br>- Bugs <a href=3D"=
https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?group=3Dgrub/" target=3D"_blank">https://sav=
annah.gnu.org/bugs/?group=3Dgrub/</a><br>- lore <a href=3D"https://lore.ker=
nel.org/grub-devel/" target=3D"_blank">https://lore.kernel.org/grub-devel/<=
/a><br></div><div><br></div><div>These may take some time but volunteers ar=
e welcome to speed up the process.</div><div><br></div><blockquote class=3D=
"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(2=
04,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto"=
>Do you think this patch post will get the attention from all the key users=
 of Grub (like distribution maintainers, Buildroot, Yocto, etc.) to start p=
lanning to update their build tools to point to a new place?</div></blockqu=
ote><div><br></div><div>I do not think so.=C2=A0</div><div><br></div><div>W=
hat do=C2=A0you think is the best way to reach the outside distro/buildroot=
/YP community?</div><div><br></div><div>BTW, We will send an email soon wit=
h migration details as mentioned in the commit description.</div><div>=C2=
=A0</div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8e=
x;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"auto=
"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">Will some pointer be left in place from the c=
urrent Git and mailing list to the new location, and archive of the current=
 list for future reference?</div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Good poin=
ts, I&#39;m not sure of the best path but at least you pointed out what is =
needed. Let me talk to the team about it.</div></div></div><div dir=3D"ltr"=
><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div>=C2=A0</div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quo=
te" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204=
);padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">Thanks,</=
div><div dir=3D"auto">Andrew</div><div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div =
dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Thu, Mar 12, 2026 at 12:31=E2=80=AFPM L=
eo Sandoval via Grub-devel &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=
=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D=
"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(2=
04,204,204);padding-left:1ex">We are announcing the new place where the GRU=
B repository [1] will be hosted<br>
and its corresponding mailing list [2]. The repository at freedesktop [1] w=
ould<br>
become soon the upstream repository, so new contributions will need to<br>
be done through merge-requests.<br>
<br>
The decision to migrate to a more modern repository system (freedesktop is<=
br>
indeed a gitlab instance) is clear and based on several proposed<br>
options, freedesktop turned out to be the best option. More<br>
information about this migration is comming soon.<br>
<br>
[1] <a href=3D"https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gnu-grub/grub/" rel=3D"norefe=
rrer" target=3D"_blank">https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gnu-grub/grub/</a><b=
r>
[2] <a href=3D"https://lists.freedesktop.org/postorius/lists/grub-devel.lis=
ts.freedesktop.org/" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">https://lists.fre=
edesktop.org/postorius/lists/grub-devel.lists.freedesktop.org/</a><br>
<br>
Signed-off-by: Marta Lewandowska &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]"=
 target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>&gt;<br>
Signed-off-by: Leo Sandoval &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" targ=
et=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>&gt;<br>
Signed-off-by: Daniel Kiper &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" =
target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>&gt;<br>
---<br>
=C2=A0MAINTAINERS | 10 ++++------<br>
=C2=A01 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)<br>
<br>
diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS<br>
index eeef70f42f..2d7dcc2073 100644<br>
--- a/MAINTAINERS<br>
+++ b/MAINTAINERS<br>
@@ -14,10 +14,9 @@ file to get more information how to properly report this=
 kind of bugs to<br>
=C2=A0the maintainers.<br>
<br>
=C2=A0The GRUB development happens on the grub-devel mailing list [1]. The =
latest<br>
-GRUB source code is available at Savannah git repository [2].<br>
-<br>
-Users can ask for help on the help-grub mailing list [3].<br>
+GRUB source code is available at freedesktop git repository [2].<br>
<br>
+Users can also ask for help on the same grub-devel mailing list [1].<br>
<br>
=C2=A0List of past GRUB maintainers and people who strongly contributed to =
the project<br>
=C2=A0=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D<br>
@@ -32,6 +31,5 @@ strongly contributed to the project:<br>
=C2=A0 =C2=A0- Yoshinori K. Okuji.<br>
<br>
<br>
-[1] <a href=3D"https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel" rel=3D"n=
oreferrer" target=3D"_blank">https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-de=
vel</a><br>
-[2] <a href=3D"https://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=3Dgrub.git&amp;view=
=3Dview+git+repository-[3]" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">https://gi=
t.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=3Dgrub.git&amp;view=3Dview+git+repository<br>
-[3]</a> <a href=3D"https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-grub" rel=
=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/he=
lp-grub</a><br>
+[1] <a href=3D"https://lists.freedesktop.org/postorius/lists/grub-devel.li=
sts.freedesktop.org/" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">https://lists.fr=
eedesktop.org/postorius/lists/grub-devel.lists.freedesktop.org/</a><br>
+[2] <a href=3D"https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gnu-grub/grub/" rel=3D"noref=
errer" target=3D"_blank">https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gnu-grub/grub/</a><=
br>
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_______________________________________________<br>
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<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]<=
/a><br>
<a href=3D"https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel" rel=3D"norefe=
rrer" target=3D"_blank">https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel</=
a><br>
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