>>>>> "Theodore" == Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu> writes:
Theodore> So enabling what may be convenient, but ultimately an
Theodore> anti-pattern is something that hopefully in the long-term
Theodore> Debian should be trying to *avoid*.
That's certainly true.
I am not entirely convinced that using current rather than guest tools
for image building is an anti-pattern.
You've been working on filesystems for a long time; I've been working on
various image building projects since my first watchmaker project at
MIT.
I can understand the arguments about why it's an anti-patern, but I can
also understand why it may be the correct answer.
I'd love to have that discussion with you some time, although preferably
not on a bug like this, and I'm not entirely sure my thoughts are
organized enough for a large mailing list discussion.
I think that discussion is clearly well beyond the scope of what the RT
needs to make an immediate decision here.
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