On March 15, 2022 11:38:44 PM PDT, Sean Whitton
wrote:
>Hello Josh,
>
>On Tue 15 Mar 2022 at 03:14pm -07, Josh Triplett wrote:
>
>> It would appear that the situation has deteriorated further. dpkg 1.21.2
>> now issues a warning on all merged-usr systems:
>>
>> Setting up dpkg (1.21.2) ...
>> dpk
Hello,
On Wed 16 Mar 2022 at 12:39am -07, Josh Triplett wrote:
> On March 15, 2022 11:38:44 PM PDT, Sean Whitton
> wrote:
>>Hello Josh,
>>
>>On Tue 15 Mar 2022 at 03:14pm -07, Josh Triplett wrote:
>>
>>> It would appear that the situation has deteriorated further. dpkg 1.21.2
>>> now issues a w
Hi,
On Tue, Mar 15, 2022 at 9:33 PM Russ Allbery wrote:
>
> We should define native and non-native
> packages in terms of version numbers, and allow both native and non-native
> packages to use single-tarball source package formats.
I co-maintaintain several Debian-internal tools, and that descr
Helmut Grohne writes ("Re: Bug#1007717: Native source package format with
non-native version"):
> Beyond the content of your request, I have a meta-question. Do you see a
> particular urgency with the processing of your request? What is - in
> your opinion - a reasonable time for resolving this? O
Felix Lechner writes:
> On Tue, Mar 15, 2022 at 9:33 PM Russ Allbery wrote:
>> We should define native and non-native packages in terms of version
>> numbers, and allow both native and non-native packages to use
>> single-tarball source package formats.
> I co-maintaintain several Debian-intern
Sean Whitton writes:
> Thanks for the pointer. It's only in the postinst, it seems. So this
> is only going to get emitted once per system and only on upgraded
> systems.
I think the concern is less about the noise and more about the fact that
this will be perceived by users as an official dec
Hello,
On Wed 16 Mar 2022 at 08:55am -07, Russ Allbery wrote:
> Sean Whitton writes:
>
>> Thanks for the pointer. It's only in the postinst, it seems. So this
>> is only going to get emitted once per system and only on upgraded
>> systems.
>
> I think the concern is less about the noise and mo
Russ Allbery wrote:
> I think the concern is less about the noise and more about the fact that
> this will be perceived by users as an official declaration from Debian as
> a project that their system configuration is unsupported, while
> simultaneously this is the default installation mode for new
On 2022-03-16 15:29 +, Ian Jackson wrote:
> In practice, the vast majority of packages are maintained in git on
> salsa. The maintainers use those git repositories as the PFM.
> but almost everyone is already treating git as primary.
Is this definitely true? For example: I know I'm not doing
Hi Russ,
On Tue, Mar 15, 2022 at 09:22:09PM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote:
> > Specifically, I'd like to ask the TC to come up with policy on native
> > packages and debian revisions using its power under 6.1.1.
>
> As a Policy Editor, I support this request.
As a TC member I admit disliking this. W
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