Hi Guillem, all,
On 11-08-2021 23:36, Guillem Jover wrote:
> While this breakage is apparently not going to be reverted, the users
> deserve to know what they are getting into, to avoid hard to track
> bugs and misbehavior.
>
> To me this would be worth mentioning on its own in addition to the
> note I added to the "deprecation" entry, but repetition is not ideal
> and I can see push back on that too, so I'd rather have it listed
> just once than not at all.
Sorry it took so long to reply.
Since I acknowledged the text that suggests usrmerge, I've started to
realize more and more that Debian doesn't know yet how to accomplish
merged-/usr. So instead of adding the warnings Guillem suggested, I
think it's best to drop the usrmerge suggestion.
Maybe instead of (bug #985502):
Support for the non-merged-usr layout will be dropped
after Debian bullseye, so all users are doomed. DOOMED!
we can add something like:
"The Debian project is still deciding how to do this and how to migrate
existing systems as the proper solution isn't known yet." Yes, highly
frustrating, but it is reality.
For reference:
https://salsa.debian.org/debian/tech-ctte/-/blob/master/994388_merged_usr_advice/draft.md
Paul
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