Bug#1050001: Unwinding the directory aliasing mistake

2023-08-18 Thread Ian Jackson
Thanks for your considered reply. Helmut Grohne writes ("Bug#1050001: Unwinding the directory aliasing mistake"): > It feels rather strange to submit this as a bug report when you do not > want feedback. A mail to the list is easier to not respond to, but a bug > need

Bug#1050001: Unwinding the directory aliasing mistake

2023-08-18 Thread Helmut Grohne
Hi Ian, While I have a CTTE hat, this response should be considered a Freexian/personal response rather than an official CTTE response. On Fri, Aug 18, 2023 at 07:57:14AM +0100, Ian Jackson wrote: > Thanks to work funded by Freexian we now have a list of many of these > malfunctions[2] (although

Bug#1050001: Unwinding the directory aliasing mistake

2023-08-18 Thread Matthew Vernon
On 18/08/2023 09:05, Christoph Berg wrote: Re: Ian Jackson Protecting my mental health I will try to avoid regularly reading this thread. I hope that now that I have made the suggestion, others will be able to carry the conversation. I will be configuring my mail client to disregard my

Re: Bug#1050001: Unwinding the directory aliasing mistake

2023-08-18 Thread Jonathan Carter
On 2023/08/18 10:05, Christoph Berg wrote: I think this is just gross. Submitting a proposal and then telling CT/DAM to deal with the fallout is rude. I agree, although by his request, I sent my feedback to CT and Cc'd DAM. -Jonathan

Bug#1050001: Unwinding the directory aliasing mistake

2023-08-18 Thread Christoph Berg
Re: Ian Jackson > Protecting my mental health > > I will try to avoid regularly reading this thread. I hope that now > that I have made the suggestion, others will be able to carry the > conversation. I will be configuring my mail client to disregard my > personal copies of messages sent to

Bug#1050001: Unwinding the directory aliasing mistake

2023-08-18 Thread Ian Jackson
Package: tech-ctte Background and current status In 2019 the TC decided[1] that Debian would achieve the largely-agreed goal of having only one place to put most files, /usr, by using symlinks to alias from /bin etc. to e.g. /usr/bin. At the time, concerns were raised that package management