Hi, On Fri, Jun 21, 2024 at 08:27:57PM +0200, Helmut Grohne wrote: > given the progress we have made with /usr-move and DEP17, I think it is > time to consider encoding the changes into policy. As of this writing, > there are 216 source packages in unstable that still install into > aliased locations and their number has been dropping since a while. All > but very few packages have bug reports of important severity and will > have their severity upgraded to serious on August 6th.
118 source packages as of this writing. I think we have quite positive feedback from both policy editors and others. We have a proposed wording and we have seconds from * Chris Hofstaedtler * Holger Levsen * Jochen Sprickerhof * Luca Boccassi * Michael Biebl I am happy to move forward with or without Russ' proposed addition however you see fit and generally think it is good advice: | Since paths either with or without /usr are supported on Debian | systems, maintainers of non-native packages are encouraged to follow | the same conventions as the upstream package when referencing absolute | paths. There is no need to change upstream code from, for example, | /bin to /usr/bin (or from /usr/bin to /bin) when packaging for Debian. Can a policy editor follow up with instructions on where we are (from a policy procedures point of view) and what needs to be done to move this proposal forward? Thanks Helmut
