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Bug#944351: Providing minor version somewhere in /etc/os-release in buster



Hi Santiago,

On Tue, Nov 12, 2019 at 01:29:38AM +0100, Santiago Vila wrote:
> So, to summarize: I believe putting minor version in VERSION_ID would
> be useful, and I also think that we could do this in buster as far as
> we do it "soon" in the stable cycle, i.e 10.x where x is still small
> (for example, 10.3).

this ('soon in the stable cycle') convinced me, plus this:

> I am of course aware that some setups might break because of this but
> on the other side we can reasonably hope that whatever breakage
> (in hand-made scripts, for example) should be easy to fix.

so I'd now also say: go ahead.

> > I wondering if change should have wider exposure. I suspect not only
> > ansible users will be affected. I'd say this warrants a mail to d-d-a or
> > at least -devel.
> Hmm, what kind of exposure do you have in mind and for what purpose?

mailing d-devel or d-d-a, to get more feedback. but (see above) you
already convinced me that this is not needed. Thanks!


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	Holger

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