Bug#1077764: Ruling request on os-release specification implementation

On Sat, 3 Aug 2024 at 10:51, Paul Gevers <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> [Release Team member hat on, but I only voice my opinion as a member].
>
> On the use of tpu:
> Personally, until now I fail to see enough value of being able to
> distinguish unstable and testing to give the package carrying
> /etc/os-release a permanent exception via tpu.

Thanks for chiming in - assuming for a moment that it is decided that
the change will be implemented, do you see any technical obstacles in
using t-p-u as proposed?

> On Debian version numbers:
> I my view we only assign version numbers the moment we release. You can
> see that reflected in the symlink layout of debian/dists and in the
> trixie/Release file.

Understood, thanks for providing that additional information - then as
mentioned in another reply, I am changing the request from what it was
originally stated in the initial email that opened the bug, and I do
not request that version numbers be added to testing. The
implementation I am then requesting to rule on is defined in
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1077764#43 and, in
practice, results only in a change to unstable, testing's content will
remain as it currently is, with no change at all.