From: Ulrich Mueller <ulm@gentoo.org>
To: "Andreas K. Huettel" <dilfridge@gentoo.org>
Cc: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] global USE=gpg
Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2023 17:54:10 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <uttnzfx71@gentoo.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3547018.aeNJFYEL58@noumea> (Andreas K. Huettel's message of "Sat, 30 Dec 2023 16:54:03 +0100")
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>>>>> On Sat, 30 Dec 2023, 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.
> Yeah, typical case of "formally correct thing being way more difficult to
> understand than colloquially practical thing" ...
So, how about using gpg as the flag's name and mentioning OpenPGP in its
description?
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Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-12-29 23:41 [gentoo-dev] [RFC] global USE=gpg Jonas Stein
2023-12-30 5:09 ` Michał Górny
2023-12-30 15:54 ` Andreas K. Huettel
2023-12-30 16:54 ` Ulrich Mueller [this message]
2023-12-31 11:27 ` Florian Schmaus
2024-01-07 22:46 ` Jonas Stein
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