Bug#1059221: outdated package description - mkosi is no longer legacy-free (and that's okay)
    Patrick Schleizer 
    adrelanos at whonix.org
       
    Thu Dec 21 12:52:00 GMT 2023
    
    
  
Package: mkosi
Severity: low
Dear maintainer,
as for the headline, I know "create legacy-free OS images" was the 
original branding of the project.
mkosi know supports legacy BIOS booting. I see you already updated the 
package description to reflect that.
Images are no longer "legacy-free". (And that's great! Legacy BIOS 
booting compatibility is a major feature. Lack of this feature is why I 
previously did not consider mkosi.)
(I don't want to nitpick "no longer legacy-free" and complain "now 
contains legacy".)
The new project branding is now "Build Bespoke OS Images". Not sure you 
want to go with that of what Debian convention/policy is on that one. If 
you wanted to take something neutral, custom, I would suggest:
"build customized OS-images"
As for the package description,
"Generated images are "legacy-free"."
Suggested to scratch that.
"This means only GPT disk labels (and no MBR disk labels) are supported"
Not sure that is even worth mentioning. That is just a very deep 
technical detail. GPT images boot fine on both, legacy BIOS and EFI 
systems. So I don't consider that crucial information.
Thank you for maintaining mkosi in Debian!
Cheers,
Patrick
    
    
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