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

[Roderick Smith]

Public bug reported:

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.

** Affects: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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

Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  New

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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