Bug#1035904: dpkg currently warning about merged-usr systems (revisited) (was: Re: DEP 17: Improve support for directory aliasing in dpkg)
Package: tech-ctte
X-Debbugs-Cc: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>, Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name>, Helmut Grohne <helmut@subdivi.de>, Luca Boccassi <bluca@debian.org>, debian-dpkg@lists.debian.org, debian-devel@lists.debian.org
On Wed, 2023-05-10 at 14:36 -0700, Russ Allbery wrote:
> Ansgar <ansgar@43-1.org> writes:
> > Debian going out of its way to tell derivative users to switch back from
> > merged-/usr to split-/usr is the *opposite* of trying to make things as
> > smooth for them as possible.
>
> Yes, I agree with that part and I think I objected to that at the time.
> Nonetheless, one bad decision doesn't mean that it is Debian policy that
> we don't care about derivatives or their users. I think we made a mistake
> there which is not in alignment with our ideals or our goals. We should
> try to reverse that mistake, not double down on it.
Cool, then let's ask tech-ctte.
Dear ctte, please consider overruling the dpkg maintainer to include
the patch from #994388[1].
Thanks,
Ansgar
[1]: https://bugs.debian.org/994388#397
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