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Bug 870130 - [Future EAPI] Rename IUSE → OPTIONS
Summary: [Future EAPI] Rename IUSE → OPTIONS
Status: CONFIRMED
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Hosted Projects
Classification: Unclassified
Component: PMS/EAPI (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: Normal normal (vote)
Assignee: PMS/EAPI
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Blocks: future-eapi
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Reported: 2022-09-14 16:12 UTC by Matt Turner
Modified: 2022-09-18 07:13 UTC (History)
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Description Matt Turner gentoo-dev 2022-09-14 16:12:20 UTC 
"IUSE"/"USE" is a bad name for what it is.

Trying to explain why and how "IUSE"/"USE" means this is rightly difficult. Exherbo uses "MYOPTIONS"/"OPTIONS". Those seem like better names.