On Wed, 28 Nov 2018 12:11:25 +0100
Didier Kryn <kryn@???> wrote:


>     IIUC, your argument boils down to "depending on /usr for early
> boot is a *bug*", while Roger told us why it has become a *feature*
> (~:

I can think of very few cases where a disallowed usage is a feature.
Private and local variables are two of the few. The pre-UEFI inability
to brick your mobo was definitely another.

But I don't think foreclosing the opportunity to boot exclusively
from the / partition, without an initramfs, is a "feature". Giving a
choice is a feature, removing the alternative choice is not.

SteveT

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