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

[Unit 193]

While I get that this is "cleaner" in Grub2 (Ubuntu, advanced options),
it's not useful at all.  The choice of what to display should be left up
to the user, and the config for grub2 is not nearly as user friendly as
it used to be.

I'd propose the two patches found at:
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=1078788#p1078788  (Plus the
modification to /etc/default/grub) which I have updated for Ubuntu.
I've patched several computers and currently use this on all of them
with no issues.

** Patch added: "grub-menu.diff"
   https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/898110/+attachment/3691624/+files/grub-menu.diff

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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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