Bug#978636: move to merged-usr-only?

2021-01-25 Thread Bastian Blank
On Mon, Jan 25, 2021 at 09:22:29PM +, Simon McVittie wrote: > Some developers seem to be using "merged /usr" to refer to multiple > concrete layouts: > 1. an arrangement where all regular files that have traditionally been >in /bin, /sbin, /lib and /lib64 are physically located in /usr, >

Bug#978636: move to merged-usr-only?

2021-01-25 Thread Keith Packard
Simon McVittie writes: > Should we be more specific than this in what we vote on, to avoid > later having to adjudicate between developers who say that a particular > implementation is or isn't merged-usr? I think that and a transition plan are both key to this project. I recently installed Debi

Bug#978636: move to merged-usr-only?

2021-01-25 Thread Marco d'Itri
On Jan 25, Simon McVittie wrote: > 2. an arrangement where all regular files that have traditionally been >in /bin, /sbin, /lib and /lib64 are physically located in /usr, >with /bin etc. becoming "symlink farms" containing symlinks like >/bin/sh -> /usr/bin/sh, /lib/ld-linux.so.2 -> /

Bug#978636: move to merged-usr-only?

2021-01-25 Thread Adam Borowski
On Mon, Jan 25, 2021 at 11:45:55AM -0700, Sean Whitton wrote: > Dear Technical Committee members, > > I call for votes on the following ballot to resolve #978636. The voting > period starts immediately and lasts for up to one week, or until the > outcome is no longer in doubt (§6.3.1). > > ===BE

Bug#978636: move to merged-usr-only?

2021-01-25 Thread Simon McVittie
On Mon, 25 Jan 2021 at 11:46:35 -0700, Sean Whitton wrote: > > The Technical Committee resolves that Debian 'bookworm' should support > > only the merged-usr root filesystem layout, dropping support for the > > non-merged-usr layout. Should we be more specific than this in what we vote on, to avoi

Bug#976462: Bug#631985: Compress debug

2021-01-25 Thread Sean Whitton
Hello Bastien, On Mon 07 Nov 2011 at 06:34PM +01, Bastien ROUCARIES wrote: > I agree it could be done by default with compat 9. Will decrease the > size of archive also. I need more than 10G in order to debug kde... Does this sort of thing still apply in 2021? Thanks. -- Sean Whitton signat

quick input request: use cases for compressed debug symbols

2021-01-25 Thread Sean Whitton
Hello, The TC have been tasked with deciding the resolution for #922744 and we would like to hear from anyone whose workflows are benefitted by having compressed debug symbols turned on by default in debhelper. We found a case where someone reported this was useful to them ~nine years ago, but ar

Bug#978636: move to merged-usr-only?

2021-01-25 Thread Sean Whitton
Dear Technical Committee members, I call for votes on the following ballot to resolve #978636. The voting period starts immediately and lasts for up to one week, or until the outcome is no longer in doubt (§6.3.1). ===BEGIN The Technical Committee resolves that Debian 'bookworm' should support o

Bug#978636: move to merged-usr-only?

2021-01-25 Thread Sean Whitton
Hello, On Mon 25 Jan 2021 at 11:45AM -07, Sean Whitton wrote: > I call for votes on the following ballot to resolve #978636. The voting > period starts immediately and lasts for up to one week, or until the > outcome is no longer in doubt (§6.3.1). > > ===BEGIN > The Technical Committee resolves