Bug#994388: dpkg currently warning about merged-usr systems

2022-04-08 Thread Sean Whitton
Hello Wouter, On Fri 08 Apr 2022 at 09:36AM +02, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > Given that, in case the dpkg maintainer chooses to remain silent > again, I believe the only way forward is for the TC to recommend a GR > under ยง4.2.1 of the consitution. Perhaps there is some appropriate GR that at some

Bug#994388: dpkg currently warning about merged-usr systems

2022-04-08 Thread Ansgar
Hi Helmut, On Fri, 2022-04-08 at 20:04 +0200, Helmut Grohne wrote: > We vehemently disagree on how severe those bugs are, > but at least we've stopped selling them as features it seems. Could you please give examples where such "selling as a feature" happened? Please point to somewhere where

Bug#994388: dpkg currently warning about merged-usr systems

2022-04-08 Thread Helmut Grohne
On Fri, Apr 08, 2022 at 09:39:30AM -0700, Josh Triplett wrote: > It sounds like at least one patch has already been rejected, not with > comments about the patch needing work (which it absolutely does), but AIUI > with "usrmerge is broken by design". That seems like sufficient proof that > the

Bug#994388: dpkg currently warning about merged-usr systems

2022-04-08 Thread Josh Triplett
On April 8, 2022 6:31:27 AM PDT, Wookey wrote: >If they want to prove that no patches for the current approach will >ever be accepted, that can only be done by engaging further. Yes it >will be hard work, but if it's not done we are just stuck. It sounds like at least one patch has already been

Bug#994388: dpkg currently warning about merged-usr systems

2022-04-08 Thread Luca Boccassi
On Fri, 2022-04-08 at 15:56 +0200, Ansgar wrote: > On Fri, 2022-04-08 at 14:31 +0100, Wookey wrote: > > At this point I am more disappointed in the people who keep insisting > > that 'it mostly works' is good enough, than I am in the bloody-minded > > dpkg-maintainer. Debian is not a 'mostly

Bug#994388: dpkg currently warning about merged-usr systems

2022-04-08 Thread Wouter Verhelst
On Fri, Apr 08, 2022 at 02:31:27PM +0100, Wookey wrote: > On 2022-04-08 09:36 +0200, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > > > > The dpkg maintainer has chosen not to engage with the TC in #994388, and > > now seems to be actively subverting a validly-made TC decision. > > > > I do believe it reasonable to

Bug#994388: dpkg currently warning about merged-usr systems

2022-04-08 Thread Ansgar
On Fri, 2022-04-08 at 14:31 +0100, Wookey wrote: > At this point I am more disappointed in the people who keep insisting > that 'it mostly works' is good enough, than I am in the bloody-minded > dpkg-maintainer. Debian is not a 'mostly works' project. We do things > properly - or at least we used

Bug#994388: dpkg currently warning about merged-usr systems

2022-04-08 Thread Wookey
On 2022-04-08 09:36 +0200, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > > The dpkg maintainer has chosen not to engage with the TC in #994388, and > now seems to be actively subverting a validly-made TC decision. > > I do believe it reasonable to assume the dpkg maintainer has a point if > he believes that the

Bug#994388: dpkg currently warning about merged-usr systems

2022-04-08 Thread Wouter Verhelst
On Fri, Apr 08, 2022 at 03:41:25AM -0700, Felix Lechner wrote: > Hi, > > On Fri, Apr 8, 2022 at 1:48 AM Wouter Verhelst wrote: > > > > The nuclear option here is obviously to take maintenance of dpkg away > > from the dpkg maintainer unless and until he decides to follow the > > rules. > > This

Bug#994388: dpkg currently warning about merged-usr systems

2022-04-08 Thread Felix Lechner
Hi, On Fri, Apr 8, 2022 at 1:48 AM Wouter Verhelst wrote: > > The nuclear option here is obviously to take maintenance of dpkg away > from the dpkg maintainer unless and until he decides to follow the > rules. This song is for Guillem: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnoX81TC6jk Kind

Bug#994388: dpkg currently warning about merged-usr systems

2022-04-08 Thread Wouter Verhelst
On Fri, Apr 08, 2022 at 01:28:16PM +0500, Andrey Rahmatullin wrote: > On Fri, Apr 08, 2022 at 09:36:21AM +0200, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > > FWIW, I think the TC should punt this bug to a GR. > > > > The dpkg maintainer has chosen not to engage with the TC in #994388, and > > now seems to be

Bug#994388: dpkg currently warning about merged-usr systems

2022-04-08 Thread Andrey Rahmatullin
On Fri, Apr 08, 2022 at 09:36:21AM +0200, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > FWIW, I think the TC should punt this bug to a GR. > > The dpkg maintainer has chosen not to engage with the TC in #994388, and > now seems to be actively subverting a validly-made TC decision. > > I do believe it reasonable to

Bug#994388: dpkg currently warning about merged-usr systems

2022-04-08 Thread Wouter Verhelst
Hi, On Tue, Mar 15, 2022 at 03:14:36PM -0700, Josh Triplett wrote: > It would appear that the situation has deteriorated further. dpkg 1.21.2 > now issues a warning on all merged-usr systems: > > Setting up dpkg (1.21.2) ... > dpkg: warning: System unsupported due to merged-usr-via-aliased-dirs.