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 E034715800A for ; Fri, 14 Jul 2023 17:12:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 5DEEFE0884; Fri, 14 Jul 2023 17:12:01 +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 E6E06E087E for ; Fri, 14 Jul 2023 17:12:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-yw1-f181.google.com with SMTP id 00721157ae682-5701810884aso21932717b3.0 for ; Fri, 14 Jul 2023 10:11:59 -0700 (PDT) X-Gm-Message-State: ABy/qLZ02fpA9/d+Tq2qP62hNgiMVT8yDujobKnQi9Jy0d1d5CLoUaGU MzTp2HubLqtdOG+dnjeF+3Ob2XAhtM4okrm/EKQ= X-Google-Smtp-Source: APBJJlFxkTKvSHjQrVMtVojrzLKDrQISvlxiJl7LKpA8TIAzMmTVgRyb0sXKJElWMQt86dS2jcs1qDg2iH1OM4hDhHc= X-Received: by 2002:a0d:ea4c:0:b0:576:91e0:b8c5 with SMTP id t73-20020a0dea4c000000b0057691e0b8c5mr5350228ywe.0.1689354718062; Fri, 14 Jul 2023 10:11:58 -0700 (PDT) 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 References: <8906de92-bf9d-70b5-903b-6d49ed6dd4af@gentoo.org> <87zg3yzwpb.fsf@gentoo.org> In-Reply-To: <87zg3yzwpb.fsf@gentoo.org> From: Mike Gilbert Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2023 13:11:46 -0400 X-Gmail-Original-Message-ID: Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH 1/1]: profiles/use.desc: add efi global use flag To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: 69a0b53a-b53b-452e-8b1b-4959a854babd X-Archives-Hash: efc613875474d1b1b82a689afa14760b On Fri, Jul 14, 2023 at 5:07=E2=80=AFAM Sam James wrote: > > > 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=3Duefi please - UEFI is the modern name for it, and EFI is > legacy. I'd like to avoid another USE=3Dssl 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). Any thoughts on grub_platforms_efi-32 and grub_platforms_efi-64? If we want to rename USE flags, I would probably take the opportunity to eliminate the GRUB_PLATFORMS USE_EXPAND altogether.