Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] global USE=gpg

[Florian Schmaus <flow@gentoo.org>]

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On 30/12/2023 16.54, Andreas K. Huettel wrote:
>>> we have many local gpg useflags which basically just enable gpg.
>>> Should we merge these to one global useflag?
>>>
>>> Additionally we have a few gpgme useflags.
>>> See also https://bugs.gentoo.org/679634
>>>
>>> What are your ideas?
>>>
>>
>> We have also have a bunch of USE=pgp and USE=openpgp, both of which are
>> more correct than USE=gpg.

I am always confused when people use "gpg" to talk about OpenPGP.


> Yeah, typical case of "formally correct thing being way more difficult to
> understand than colloquially practical thing" ...

It is only a matter of time until the more users of gnupg-alternative 
libraries, like sequoia or librnp, appear. USE=gpg is probably already 
sometimes a misnomer, and will definitely be one if we make it a global 
USE flag and there are packages that declare it without pulling in gpg.

- Flow


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