Bug#985502: release-notes: suggestions for usrmerge section
Paul Gevers wrote:
>> I'd forgotten the *Buster* release notes *do* mention usrmerge:
>>
>> https://www.debian.org/releases/buster/amd64/release-notes/ch-whats-new.html#merged-usr
>>
>> but we've taken that part out now. Could we perhaps recycle the
>> phrase "the usrmerge package exists to do the conversion if desired"?
>
> Sounds like a plan.
That would give us something like the attached...
--
JBR with qualifications in linguistics, experience as a Debian
sysadmin, and probably no clue about this particular package
diff --git a/en/issues.dbk b/en/issues.dbk
index 4377402b..f926c775 100644
--- a/en/issues.dbk
+++ b/en/issues.dbk
@@ -231,12 +231,18 @@ information mentioned in <xref linkend="morereading"/>.
<listitem>
<para>
- Historically there was a reason to split root level
- <filename>bin</filename>, <filename>sbin</filename> and
- <filename>lib</filename> directories into
- <filename>/usr/</filename>, but that is no more. Debian
- bullseye will be the last Debian release that supports the
- non-merged-usr layout.
+ The historical justifications for the filesystem layout with
+ <filename>/bin</filename>, <filename>/sbin</filename>, and
+ <filename>/lib</filename> directories separate from their
+ equivalents under <filename>/usr</filename> no longer apply
+ today; see the <ulink
+ url="https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/TheCaseForTheUsrMerge">Freedesktop.org
+ summary</ulink>. Debian bullseye will be the last Debian
+ release that supports the non-merged-usr layout; for systems
+ with a legacy layout that have been upgraded without a
+ reinstall, the <systemitem
+ role="package">usrmerge</systemitem> package exists to do
+ the conversion if desired.
</para>
</listitem>
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