[Bug 1283493] Re: Name "EFI boot partition" is non-standard

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This bug was fixed in the package partman-efi - 62ubuntu1

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partman-efi (62ubuntu1) vivid; urgency=medium

  * Resynchronise with Debian.  Remaining changes:
    - Remove efi-modules dependency; it seems to be built into Ubuntu
      kernels now.
    - Require partman-base >= 129 to support a null value for the name.
    - Only force an EFI system partition on ia64.
  * Allow x86/macs booted in legacy mode to use EFI System partitions.
  * Avoid false warning about being in EFI mode on x86/macs booted in
    legacy mode.
 -- dann frazier <dannf at ubuntu.com>   Mon, 02 Feb 2015 19:01:37 -0700

** Changed in: partman-efi (Ubuntu)
       Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released

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Title:
  Name "EFI boot partition" is non-standard

Status in partman-efi package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in ubiquity package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in partman-efi package in Debian:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  Ubiquity refers to the EFI System Partition (ESP) as an "EFI boot
  partition." The latter name is non-standard; AFAIK, it's used *only*
  in ubiquity. It's therefore potentially confusing to users, who may
  wonder how (or even if) the "EFI boot partition" relates to the ESP.

  Unfortunately, this problem is pretty widespread. The EFI standards
  document all use the term "EFI System Partition" or "UEFI System
  Partition." Although the acronym "ESP" is in common use, it doesn't
  appear in the EFI spec. GParted and parted identify an ESP as having
  its "boot flag" set, which is a phenomenal fail on a user interface
  level -- but that's not the point of this bug report. My own GPT fdisk
  (gdisk) uses the term "EFI System" (with "partition" being implicit).
  Users often refer to the "EFI partition" -- see for instance
  https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UEFI.

  As somebody who communicates with users in forums, I find that there's
  a lot of confusion about the ESP because of the number of unique names
  that are being used to refer to the same thing. Hence this bug report:
  If Ubiquity simply changes "EFI boot partition" to "EFI System
  Partition," one source of confusion and frustration will be
  eliminated.

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