Hi, On Fri, Oct 13, 2023 at 09:59:56PM +0100, Sean Whitton wrote: > === BEGIN > > OPTION A: > > The Technical Committee formally repeals its moratorium recommending > that maintainers of individual packages should not proactively move > files from the root filesystem to corresponding locations under /usr in > the data.tar.* of packages (see #1035831). > > Under Constitution 6.1.5, the Technical Committee now recommends that > maintainers consult with those driving the merged-/usr transition before > moving files from the root filesystem to corresponding locations under > /usr in the data.tar.* of packages. > > The transition driver, which at the time of writing is Helmut Grohne, is > using a phased approach, in which the moratorium is rolled back for only > certain classes of packages, and changes, at a time. In addition, > restructuring uploads should be targeted at experimental, and left for > three days. This is in order that automated testing by dumat can occur. > > We recommend following <https://wiki.debian.org/UsrMerge>, as edited by > the transition driver(s). If there is any doubt as to whether a change > you wish to make is appropriate, please seek explicit approval from the > transition driver(s). > > OPTION N: > > None of the above. > > === END
I explicitly abstain from voting. Rationale: I am severely biased on this matter. When I started working on /usr-merge, I indicated that I would abstain from related votes. This is one of those votes. If I were instead voting A = N as a means of not biasing the vote, I would lower the quorum by providing a vote and thus increasing other voter's vote weights. Hence, I am not providing a vote at all on this. On a technical level, I support this matter of course and I even encouraged developers to ignore the moratorium in specific cases already as a means to gather more experience with doing so. For more background information, refer to https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2023/10/msg00028.html. Helmut
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