Re: DEP 17: Improve support for directory aliasing in dpkg
On Fri, 26 May 2023 at 08:39, Matthew Vernon <matthew@debian.org> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> On 26/05/2023 07:03, Ansgar wrote:
> > 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.
> >
> > My impression is that the tech-ctte disagrees on this point and would
> > not want to reverse the mistake, but double down on it (in your words).
>
> Your impression is incorrect. And assigning motivations to other parties
> during contentious discussions should be done with care if at all.
>
> Consider: it is consistent to believe that it would have been better for
> dpkg not to have had that warning added (quite some time ago now), but
> that by now most derivatives that care will likely have patched it out
> again (mitigating the harm); and if the current work on dpkg is allowed
> to run its course then the warning will probably go away anyway.
That assumes all derivatives track unstable/testing and have taken
action, but it is possible for derivatives to track stable only, and
those would be broken.
Kind regards,
Luca Boccassi
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