On Wed, Jul 01, 2026 at 08:28:39PM +0300, Peter Pentchev wrote: > On Wed, Jul 01, 2026 at 09:51:18AM -0700, Collin Funk wrote: > > Julian Andres Klode <[email protected]> writes: > > > > > Just for the record: > > > > > > I added busybox and toybox variants, and uploaded the package to > > > experimental per Helmut's request as he wanted to explore those > > > alternatives. > > > > > > Whether Debian wants to switch or not is not my decision. Debian > > > has a procedure for making changes, which is the maintainer doing > > > whatever the fuck they want and if anyone disagrees escalating to > > > the CTTE if necessary. The maintainer chose to delegate that decision > > > process to the mailing list which is their prerogative, but I do not > > > have the means to start, lead, or even participate in discussions, > > > so I offer the experiment that was requested, and if anyone wants > > > to pursue this further that's on them to coordinate. > > > > Just to for the record: > > > > My issue is not at all with you adding variants, uutils or otherwise. My > > issue is with you silent changing the "coreutils" package to be uutils > > coreutils. Your message does nothing to address that point. > > ...an experimental upload... > ...for a specific purpose requested by another developer for a test... > ...months ago, with no follow-up uploads or discussion afterwards... > ...and with later uploads of the coreutils package that have absolutely > no trace of these changes... > > ...so I would say this is *exactly* what Debian experimental is for - > experiments that may never see another upload, ever, depending on > how things turn out.
...and just in case it wasn't clear from my message, let me spell it out: From the beginning of this thread, I was pretty much sure that this was NOT any conspiracy to, secretly, without discussion, replace Debian's coreutils package. After Julian Andres's message, I became 100% certain of that. G'luck, Peter -- Peter Pentchev [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] PGP key: https://www.ringlet.net/roam/roam.key.asc Key fingerprint 2EE7 A7A5 17FC 124C F115 C354 651E EFB0 2527 DF13
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