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

On Mon, Aug 05, 2024 at 02:07:54AM +0200, Timo Röhling wrote:
> Yet I cannot (painlessly) distinguish a Debian image that
> has been created with debootstrap from one that has been created with
> mmdebstrap either, and I'm not losing sleep about it.

Still it would actually be nice to have an indication somewhere in /etc
indicating what software suite (installer, debootstrap, mmdebstrap,
live-installer etc) generated the image. Thanks for that idea!

> > If trixie was identified as trixie, and sid was identified as unstable,
> > what compromise would be, er, compromised, precisely?
> Unstable would become less useful at weeding out bugs in packages before
> they reach testing,

Can you elaborate on that? Why does providing more and better
information make it harder to identify bugs?

Greetings
Marc