Re: merged /usr considered harmful (was Re: Bits from the Technical Committee)
Hi, is it OK to forward your mail to debian-devel. I don't think
mailing to debian-user will have any effect on this issue?
On Sun, 2021-07-18 at 16:31 -0400, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside
wrote:
> Hi,
>
> > > But in any case, given that merged-usr-via-aliased-dirs is not
> > > really
> > > supported by dpkg anyway, it is broken by design [B], I have no
> > > intention whatsoever to break any of my systems with such layout
> > > going forward, I'm thus planning to spend any necessary volunteer
> > > time implementing any fix, workaround or solution required to
> > > avoid
> > > having to use it, in detriment of other Debian volunteer time. I
> > > alreadystarted some time ago with dpkg-fsys-usrunmess(8), present
> > > already inthe upcoming bullseye release.
> > >
> > [B]
> > https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/Dpkg/FAQ#Q:_Does_dpkg_support_merged-.2Fusr-via-aliased-dirs.3F
> >
> > Since the dpkg developer and maintainer Guillem considers merged
> > /usr
> > broken by design, maybe Debian should consider to use some other
> > package management software for the peace of mind for people
> > involved
> > in the project? Maybe guix could be usable?
> >
> >
>
> I only got part of this conversation (and possibly some mess).
> My personal opinion is that Debian is going into a mostly "we got the
> best idea in the world but forgot that not everyone implement things
> the
> same way".
>
> Those really good technology like Betacam, Audio DVD and other tech-
> failed.
>
> I currently have a different partition for my /usr and this has been
> the
> case since the end of 1990s when I started on Linux. Maybe I'm wrong
> but
> I like it this way.
>
> Will the merge-usr cause myself problem ?
>
> If so, I'm willing to give a hand investing time to make something
> that
> is not "merge-usr".
>
> Thanks
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