On 11/28/18 4:14 PM, Ian Jackson wrote:
> Julien Cristau writes ("Re: Bug#914897: debootstrap, buster: Please disabled 
> merged /usr by default"):
>> On 11/28/18 2:49 PM, Ian Jackson wrote:
>>> This is a special case of a general problem: buster systems with
>>> merged-/usr sometimes build packages which are broken on
> ...
>> I'd suggest that this should be fixed by not shipping any packages that
>> aren't built on buildds.
> 
> It would be quite a radical departure for Debian to no longer support
> "I built this package for my mate to install on their computer".
> 
It'll be just as "supported" as it is today (which is to say, basically
not at all).  Likely to work in many cases, but also likely to explode
in a million pieces depending on the build environment.  I'd just like
to stop inflicting this risk on people downloading debs from *.debian.org.

Cheers,
Julien

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