Bug#1003653: Revision of removal of rename.ul from package util-linux

2022-03-28 Thread Sean Whitton
Hello Chris, On Mon 28 Mar 2022 at 10:35PM +02, Christoph Berg wrote: > The problem here is that if ul-extra contains things besides rename, > and it conflicts with the perl rename, people will rightfully complain > that they can't install /usr/bin/fincore-from-ul-extra and >

Bug#1007717: Native source package format with non-native version

2022-03-28 Thread Sean Whitton
Hello Lucas, Many thanks for providing this summary of your position. Let me just note a point of disagreement: On Tue 15 Mar 2022 at 10:06PM +01, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: > A point that I find important is the following: as a project, I think > that we care about facilitating the review of

Bug#994388: dpkg currently warning about merged-usr systems

2022-03-28 Thread Luca Boccassi
On Fri, 25 Mar 2022 18:04:14 + Luca Boccassi wrote: > On Fri, 2022-03-25 at 11:32 -0600, Gunnar Wolf wrote: > > Luca Boccassi dijo [Fri, Mar 25, 2022 at 02:28:12PM +]: > > > I am part of that group, and that is definitely _not_ why I wouldn't > > > touch dpkg with a barge pole as things

Bug#1003653: Revision of removal of rename.ul from package util-linux

2022-03-28 Thread Christoph Berg
Re: Chris Hofstaedtler > > * which binary package should contain the util-linux rename? > >- bsdextrautils > >- something else > > util-linux-extra. Unrelatedly, other non-essential binaries from > util-linux should also move into this package, but this is only > tangentially related.

Bug#1003653: Revision of removal of rename.ul from package util-linux

2022-03-28 Thread Helmut Grohne
Hi Chris, On Mon, Mar 28, 2022 at 07:58:11PM +0200, Chris Hofstaedtler wrote: > I would like to ask a question: under which constitution point will > the CTTE act? Given your reply, I believe that no 6.1.1-4 decision is necessary. The views of the submitter seem sufficiently covered in what you

Bug#1003653: Revision of removal of rename.ul from package util-linux

2022-03-28 Thread Chris Hofstaedtler
Hi Helmut, * Helmut Grohne [220208 21:23]: > Hi Chris, > > On Sun, Jan 23, 2022 at 10:04:34PM +0100, Chris Hofstaedtler wrote: > > I was hoping we could put util-linux' rename into the > > "bsdextrautils" binary package, which has utilities like write, col, > > etc; to avoid putting it into an