From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A727515800A for ; Fri, 14 Jul 2023 09:09:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A16CFE08C0; Fri, 14 Jul 2023 09:09:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (woodpecker.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 57F78E0874 for ; Fri, 14 Jul 2023 09:09:08 +0000 (UTC) References: <8906de92-bf9d-70b5-903b-6d49ed6dd4af@gentoo.org> User-agent: mu4e 1.10.4; emacs 29.0.92 From: Sam James To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH 1/1]: profiles/use.desc: add efi global use flag Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2023 10:07:57 +0100 In-reply-to: <8906de92-bf9d-70b5-903b-6d49ed6dd4af@gentoo.org> Message-ID: <87zg3yzwpb.fsf@gentoo.org> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="=-=-="; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Archives-Salt: cf146a26-100a-49d7-81d3-949baf28618f X-Archives-Hash: 867d6217bd8dc1d2a376f3e69b119c61 --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain Andrew Ammerlaan writes: > Hi all, > > Currently we have 7 packages defining the efi flag and an additional 2 > defining the uefi flag. These flags do the same thing, add support for > (U)EFI booting. I therefore propose we introduce efi as a new global > flag and later rename the uefi flag to efi in sys-apps/fwupd and > sys-apps/ipmicfg. > > I don't have a strong preference between the efi or uefi flags, but > since a majority of the packages has chosen efi I suggest we go with > that. Let's do USE=uefi please - UEFI is the modern name for it, and EFI is legacy. I'd like to avoid another USE=ssl situation (where we're stuck with it forever given we have no mechanism for USE flag renames, despite the fact that it's really TLS now). thanks, sam --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iOUEARYKAI0WIQQlpruI3Zt2TGtVQcJzhAn1IN+RkAUCZLEQsF8UgAAAAAAuAChp c3N1ZXItZnByQG5vdGF0aW9ucy5vcGVucGdwLmZpZnRoaG9yc2VtYW4ubmV0MjVB NkJCODhERDlCNzY0QzZCNTU0MUMyNzM4NDA5RjUyMERGOTE5MA8cc2FtQGdlbnRv by5vcmcACgkQc4QJ9SDfkZAQGgEA5dkA6NoSVrDpamvQz5gwv3hrQf9B8EA4QMGQ G7uhSqoBAMtDux+SimX+fbDtFIKTdyXjw8LiJWOu0QHQ73MDzfUE =o5F2 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=--