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

On 06/08/2024 11:22, Luca Boccassi wrote:
> On Tue, 6 Aug 2024 at 11:10, Matthew Vernon <[email protected]>
> wrote:

>> The policy question of "should testing and unstable be
>> differentiated by os-release" isn't straightforward, and there
>> isn't consensus that the answer should be "yes", as you would like
>> it to be.

>> Debian's current (and long-standing) answer to that question is
>> "no", and my view is that you have not advanced a sufficiently
>> compelling case that this answer should be changed.
> 
> Sorry, I don't follow. How is that related to the implementation 
> details of how to solve it?

Well, because if the answer to the question is "no, testing and unstable 
should not be differentiated by os-release", then there is no need to 
come up with a system whereby they are differentiated.

Regards,

Matthew