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Auteur: Martin Steigerwald
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Aan: dng
Onderwerp: Re: [DNG] /usr to merge or not to merge... that is the question
Roger Leigh - 21.11.18, 13:17:
> Lastly, regarding the comments about Devuan "disenfranchising" itself
> from Debian to not be "in the back seat". I take the point, but the
> practical reality is that Debian is so huge not even a company with
> many dozens of employees like Canonical could manage that feat. It's
> simply impractical. If Devuan continues as a derivative by
> maintaining a modified set of core packages to meet specific goals,
> it would seem that it's meeting it's core objectives, and that's no
> bad thing. It's realistic, and manageable.


The aim for Debian Buster is to have new installation with usr merged. I
did not read of plans to migrate existing installations during upgrade.

But there is still a discussion whether going for merged usr so shortly
before release freeze actually really makes sense. See mailing list
debian-devel.

Thanks,
--
Martin