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Bug#1035831: tech-ctte: Reinstate merged-/usr file movement moratorium



> === 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.

Thanks,
Christoph

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