On Mon, 22 May 2023 at 23:07, Sam Hartman <hartm...@debian.org> wrote: > > >>>>> "Luca" == Luca Boccassi <bl...@debian.org> writes: > > >> I suspect the reason you want to make this MBF is that you > >> believe it > Luca> will somehow make the transition easier if there are fewer > Luca> files in /bin or /usr/bin. > > Luca> IE, you immediately escalated it with aggressiveness followed > Luca> by baseless accusations verging on the conspiratorial. > > I regret that my second statement came across as an accusation and > certainly that you heard it as a conspiracy. > I'd like to be heard differently. > My understanding at the time (which you have since corrected) is that > you were making the proposal because you believed it would make a > transition to canonical paths easier. > In my mind that would be a good reason for advocating for such a > transition. > That is the spirit in which I made the assumption about your reasoning. > Again, I regret that you heard things in a different tone. > > I read your original message as a valuable contribution that in my > analysis I thought was a bad idea because of the dpkg disappearing file > bug.
Thank you for your clarification, I think the example you brought up is worth considering. Do you feel that Étienne's suggestion of documenting it in the place where such a change would necessarily have to take place so that it can't be missed (e.g.: the install file) would be an adequate safeguard? Kind regards, Luca Boccassi
