Sam Hartman:
>> "Niels" == Niels Thykier writes:
>
> Niels> If the project consensus of this discussion is aligned with
> Niels> the belief that we should block decentralized volunteer work
> Niels> on the transition, I will respect the decision.
>
> I was really frustrated readi
On 2021-08-25 Niels Thykier wrote:
[...]
> As I understand it, the "have usrmerge package patch the dpkg database"
> approach will only work if we ensure that each and every package stop
> using / in bookworm+1.
Hello,
you missed the second part of the "plan". Editing dpkg database syncs
the db
> "Niels" == Niels Thykier writes:
Niels> If the project consensus of this discussion is aligned with
Niels> the belief that we should block decentralized volunteer work
Niels> on the transition, I will respect the decision.
I was really frustrated reading that, and I hope that m
Simon Richter:
> Hi,
>
> On 25.08.21 21:45, Sam Hartman wrote:
>
>> The dpkg maintainer hasn't been happy with the discussions here, and
>> I think facilitating to a level where Guillem is part of the
>> consensus is beyond my skill.
>
> The discussion so far has been around the question whether
Sam Hartman:
>> "Niels" == Niels Thykier writes:
>
> Niels> As I understand it, the issue does not depend on whether
> Niels> "usrmerge" is run before or after installing the "/lib"
> Niels> version of "foo". On that assumption, running "usrmerge" as
> Niels> a part of the up
Hi,
On 25.08.21 21:45, Sam Hartman wrote:
The dpkg maintainer hasn't been happy with the discussions here, and
I think facilitating to a level where Guillem is part of the
consensus is beyond my skill.
The discussion so far has been around the question whether there is
actually a problem and
> "Niels" == Niels Thykier writes:
Niels> As I understand it, the issue does not depend on whether
Niels> "usrmerge" is run before or after installing the "/lib"
Niels> version of "foo". On that assumption, running "usrmerge" as
Niels> a part of the upgrade and "cleaning up"
Sam Hartman:
>
> TL;DR: Should we hold off on moving stuff from / to /usr in packages
> until we develop our plan?
> If so, how do we communicate that to people?
>
>> "Russ" == Russ Allbery writes:
>
> Russ> Simon Richter writes:
> >> It is less nonsensical because usrmerge exists,
Sam Hartman writes:
> However, Simon has raised what I think is a credible argument that it
> is harmful to perform both / -> /usr transitions and to move files
> between packages in the same release.
> My take away from that is that it may be harmful to move a bunch of
> stuff from / -> /usr unt
TL;DR: Should we hold off on moving stuff from / to /usr in packages
until we develop our plan?
If so, how do we communicate that to people?
> "Russ" == Russ Allbery writes:
Russ> Simon Richter writes:
>> It is less nonsensical because usrmerge exists, since we
>> presumably do
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