Re: support for merged /usr in Debian
On Jan 05 2016, Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk> wrote:
> Marco d'Itri writes ("Re: support for merged /usr in Debian"):
>> On Jan 05, Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk> wrote:
>> > or which do mount /usr using / rather than initramfs, or some such.
>>
>> And this has already not been supported for many years, even if it works
>> in some cases, so it does not matter because it is hard to ask to keep
>> support for an already unsupported configuration.
>
> People who have been using a configuration for many years naturally
> become upset when they are told that it has been `unsupported' for all
> of this time
Well, yes, but this is just a fact. I don't think it makes sense to
avoid stating the fact because it makes some people upset - rather,
those people should try to avoid blaming the messenger.
> and that, implicitly, changes are going to be made which
> will break it.
I don't see this as being implied.
Best,
-Nikolaus
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