Bug#1035831: tech-ctte: Reinstate merged-/usr file movement moratorium
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On Tue, 09 May 2023 21:26:10 +0100,
Hi,
Sean Whitton wrote:
> === BEGIN
>
> OPTION A:
>
> Under Constitution 6.1.5, the Technical Committee recommends that the
> maintainers of individual packages should not proactively move files
> from the root filesystem to corresponding locations under /usr in the
> data.tar.* of packages. So, /foo/bar should not move to /usr/foo/bar.
>
> Files that are in /usr in the Debian 12 release should remain in /usr,
> while files that are in /bin, /lib* or /sbin in the Debian 12 release
> should remain in those directories. If any files are moved from /bin,
> /lib* or /sbin into /usr after the Debian 12 release, they should be
> moved back to their Debian 12 locations.
>
> This moratorium lasts until we vote to repeal it. We expect to do that
> during the trixie development cycle, and sooner rather than later.
> We will continue to facilitate efforts to resolve the remaining issues
> that stand in the way of safely repealing the moratorium.
>
> OPTION B:
>
> As option A, except that only maintainers of essential and transitively
> essential packages should refrain from proactively moving files from the
> root filesystem to corresponding locations under /usr in the data.tar.*
> of packages.
>
> OPTION N:
>
> None of the above.
>
> === END
I vote A > B > N.
Regards,
Matthew
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