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by Helmut Grohne
At: miniDebConf Berlin 2024
Debian has settled on moving aliased files from / to /usr via DEP17. While initially it looked a lot like we would change dpkg, this is not the route we are going now. I am giving a summary of the discussion results and explaining the resulting solution together with its advantages and disadvantages. I also delve into the process choices being made and try to derive a few early lessons learned.
Room: c-base
By by Helmut Grohne
At: miniDebConf Berlin 2024
Debian has settled on moving aliased files from / to /usr via DEP17. While initially it looked a lot like we would change dpkg, this is not the route we are going now. I am giving a summary of the discussion results and explaining the resulting solution together with its advantages and disadvantages. I also delve into the process choices being made and try to derive a few early lessons learned.
Room: c-base