On Sat, 2022-04-09 at 15:47:17 +0200, Ansgar wrote:
> On Sun, 2022-03-27 at 14:34 +0200, Ansgar wrote:
> > I think the warning emitted by dpkg's postinst script about Debian's
> > default filesystem layout is not appropriate and at least partially
> > misleading. Several other people agreed with this sentiment.
>
> To clarify due to misunderstanding that seem to have happened:
>
> - Merged-/usr is planned to become the only supported layout for Debian
> in the future, cf. [1].
Perhaps I indeed misunderstood something, but this seemed pretty clear
to me (from [T]:
- Because Debian 11 installations with the non-merged-/usr layout
already exist, all packages in Debian 12 should be installable onto a
non-merged-/usr system along with their dependencies, and work
correctly on the resulting system.
- The same expectations apply to packages uploaded to testing/unstable
during the development cycle that will lead to Debian 12.
[T] <https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2021/10/msg00190.html>
> - Most Debian derivates will probably follow, some have already done so
> before Debian itself. So showing this warning in Debian derivates by
> default seems not a good solution; if a derivative wants this warning,
> they can patch it back in.
I'm not sure how this is a concern for Debian, TBH. If derivatives
show no interest in it and disable it, I'm happy to apply the same
upstream (as I've done for Ubuntu), I also monitor downstream patches
and try to merge stuff from them when relevant. If there'd be multiple
removals, I'd probably ponder making it opt-in or similar.
Regards,
Guillem
