Re: Bug#1050001: Unwinding directory aliasing

2023-08-23 Thread Simon McVittie
I would very much prefer it if we can keep this conversation respectful, because mediating between angry people is exhausting (and the more spoons I have to put into that, the less effectively I can advocate for the technical opinions that I think you and I mostly agree on, which I assume is not

Bug#1050001: Unwinding directory aliasing

2023-08-23 Thread Ansgar
Hi, On Wed, 2023-08-23 at 17:04 +0100, Ian Jackson wrote: > Simon McVittie writes ("Bug#1050001: Unwinding directory aliasing"): > > What do you consider to be the end goal of this proposal? > > Desired end state > = > > This is a very good question.  I had a very constructive

Bug#1050001: Unwinding directory aliasing

2023-08-23 Thread Helmut Grohne
Hi Ian, On Wed, Aug 23, 2023 at 05:04:36PM +0100, Ian Jackson wrote: > Desired end state > = > > This is a very good question. I had a very constructive conversation > with Helmut via video chat. It seems that there's a misunderstanding > about the desired end state. I concur.

Bug#1050001: Unwinding directory aliasing

2023-08-23 Thread Simon McVittie
On Wed, 23 Aug 2023 at 17:04:36 +0100, Ian Jackson wrote: > Simon McVittie writes ("Bug#1050001: Unwinding directory aliasing"): > > What do you consider to be the end goal of this proposal? > > My idea of a desired end state is as follows: > > /bin and /lib etc. remain directories (so there is

Bug#1050001: Unwinding directory aliasing

2023-08-23 Thread Ian Jackson
Also, one other thing I noticed: tl;dr: *no* version of usrmerge relieves us of the obligation of naming files correctly, via the proper name in /usr rather than /. Ian Jackson writes ("Bug#1050001: Unwinding directory aliasing"): > The current plan, as I understand it, is that we will fix these

Bug#1050001: Unwinding directory aliasing

2023-08-23 Thread Ian Jackson
Simon McVittie writes ("Bug#1050001: Unwinding directory aliasing"): > What do you consider to be the end goal of this proposal? Desired end state = This is a very good question. I had a very constructive conversation with Helmut via video chat. It seems that there's a

Re: Bug#1050001: Unwinding directory aliasing

2023-08-23 Thread Luca Boccassi
On Mon, 21 Aug 2023, 02:35 Sam Hartman, wrote: > > "Adam" == Adam Borowski writes: > Adam>all > Adam> files from /lib /bin (that are not required interface, such as > Adam> /bin/sh -- which can be symlinked) are moved within a week > Adam> from the first upload. Rather than