Bug#1051237: transition: move files from / to /usr to finalize /usr-merge
Hi
On 2024-03-09 21:39:50 +0100, Helmut Grohne wrote:
> Hi release team and essential maintainers,
>
> On Mon, Sep 04, 2023 at 10:33:54PM +0200, Helmut Grohne wrote:
> > Once these issues have been resolved, we can move most files except for
> > a small set of essential packages. For those, a coordinated upload
> > moving their files will be needed as will be an upload of base-files
> > adding the aliasing symlinks there.
>
> We're well into this now. Most of the essential set is moved and I've
> most of the remaining pieces. I hope that within one week, we're left
> with only:
> - base-files
> - bash
> - dash
> - glibc
> - util-linux
>
> Patches for these have been prepared. The current patches are available
> from https://salsa.debian.org/helmutg/bootstrap-usrmerge-demo. These
> changes have been uploaded to Ubuntu noble already and feedback has been
> incorporated. In particular, base-files will now divert to dot files to
> avoid cluttering the / view during the transition and base-files will
> remove unnecessary diversions (those where it ships symlinks).
>
> I'd now like to coordinate a time of upload. Given that chroots are
> rebuilt in Wednesday and Sunday, I suggest we pick a Thursday morning
> for the actual upload. If I unexpectedly break stuff, I still have a few
> days to fix. How about March 21st?
If and only if time64_t is done by then. Adding more changes where
transition has to be coordinated to the ongoing mega transition does not
help.
Cheers
--
Sebastian Ramacher
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