On Mon, Mar 22, 2021 at 6:54 PM Andreas K. Huettel <dilfri...@gentoo.org> wrote: > > > > Council decided years ago that we don't support separate /usr without > > > an initramfs, but we haven't completed that transition yet. > > > > Which doesn't imply that we deliberately break things. > > That's right. Though we should at some point start thinking about an end of > support for separate usr without initramfs. >
Just to clarify - it is already unsupported at a distro level. It is just that some individual packages still work with it. The current Council decisions on the issue are (just providing for general reference): - "Since that particular setup may already be subtly broken today depending on the installed software, Council recommends using an early boot mount mechanism, e.g. initramfs, to mount /usr if /usr is on a separate partition." Accepted unanimously. [1] - "The intention is to eventually not require maintainers to support a separate /usr without an early boot mechanism once the Council agrees that the necessary docs/migration path is in place." Accepted with 4 yes votes, 1 no vote, 2 abstentions. [1] - "The Council agrees that all preparations for dropping support for separate /usr without an initramfs or similar boot mechanism are complete. A news item will be prepared, and users will be given one month to switch after the news item has been sent." Accepted with 5 yes votes, 1 no vote, 1 abstention. [2] Current policy documentation: Developers are not required to support using separate /usr filesystem without an initramfs. [3] 1 - https://projects.gentoo.org/council/meeting-logs/20130813-summary.txt 2 - https://projects.gentoo.org/council/meeting-logs/20130924-summary.txt 3 - https://projects.gentoo.org/qa/policy-guide/filesystem.html#pg0202 -- Rich
