On Thu, Apr 7, 2022 at 4:50 PM Fabio Valentini <decathorpe@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Tue, Apr 5, 2022 at 4:54 PM Ben Cotton <bcotton@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/DeprecateLegacyBIOS > > > > == Summary == > > Make UEFI a hardware requirement for new Fedora installations on > > platforms that support it (x86_64). Legacy BIOS support is not > > removed, but new non-UEFI installation is not supported on those > > platforms. This is a first step toward eventually removing legacy > > BIOS support entirely. > > I personally find the wording here extremely confusing, to the point > where it might be classified as misleading. > Usually, to "deprecate" something means that users get a grace period > where they will be warned that the thing they're using will go away at > some point in the future, and that it should no longer be used, if > possible. Yes, the word deprecate needs to be removed. The reason why it's not worth arguing about is because there's no argument to be made for using this term. It's simply incorrect both in terms of etymology, but also how it gets used in the industry. Deprecation means "to express disapproval of" that's it. A circle is not a square, and saying it's not worth arguing about is absolutely true because no one can argue they're equivalent, even approximately. -- Chris Murphy _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Do not reply to spam on the list, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure
