Hello, On Sat 09 Apr 2022 at 03:47pm +02, Ansgar wrote:
> On Sun, 2022-03-27 at 14:34 +0200, Ansgar wrote: >> I think the warning emitted by dpkg's postinst script about Debian's >> default filesystem layout is not appropriate and at least partially >> misleading. Several other people agreed with this sentiment. > > To clarify due to misunderstanding that seem to have happened: > > - Merged-/usr is planned to become the only supported layout for Debian > in the future, cf. [1]. > > - Most Debian derivates will probably follow, some have already done so > before Debian itself. So showing this warning in Debian derivates by > default seems not a good solution; if a derivative wants this warning, > they can patch it back in. Okay I see. To answer your question, then, the ctte has not even discussed the relevance of warnings to derivatives. I can't speak for everyone, but I suspect that we would not consider this NMU to be in line with our existing decisions. -- Sean Whitton
