#30916 - Request: add a short description field for os-configuration

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To: Martin Castillo <castilma@uni-bremen.de>
Subject: Re: bug#30916: Request: add a short description field for
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Martin Castillo transcribed 1.6K bytes:
> hi,
> 
> the grub entries for old system generations aren't very helpful. It
> would be nice, if there was a field in the operating system declaration
> stating what was changed in this generation, that would be added to the
> boot entry label.
> 
> Martin
> -- 
> GPG: 7FDE 7190 2F73 2C50 236E  403D CC13 48F1 E644 08EC
> 

Hi,

Could you be a more specific what you think is missing?
Your request is written in a very open way, and the space in GRUB menus is
limited as far as I assume.


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#30916 Request: add a short description field for os-configuration