The Technical Committee formally repeals its moratorium recommending that maintainers of individual packages should not proactively move files from the root filesystem to corresponding locations under /usr in the data.tar.* of packages (see #1035831). Under Constitution 6.1.5, the Technical Committee now recommends that maintainers consult with those driving the merged-/usr transition before moving files from the root filesystem to corresponding locations under /usr in the data.tar.* of packages. The transition driver, which at the time of writing is Helmut Grohne, is using a phased approach, in which the moratorium is rolled back for only certain classes of packages, and changes, at a time. In addition, restructuring uploads should be targeted at experimental, and left for three days. This is in order that automated testing by dumat can occur. We recommend following <https://wiki.debian.org/UsrMerge>, as edited by the transition driver(s). If there is any doubt as to whether a change you wish to make is appropriate, please seek explicit approval from the transition driver(s). For the Technical Committee, -- Sean Whitton
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