Re: Concerning uniliateral decision making with respect to the coreutils package

Peter Pentchev <[email protected]> Wed, 1 Jul 2026 20:28:39 +0300

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On Wed, Jul 01, 2026 at 09:51:18AM -0700, Collin Funk wrote:
> Julian Andres Klode <[email protected]> writes:
> 
> > Just for the record:
> >
> > I added busybox and toybox variants, and uploaded the package to
> > experimental per Helmut's request as he wanted to explore those
> > alternatives.
> >
> > Whether Debian wants to switch or not is not my decision. Debian
> > has a procedure for making changes, which is the maintainer doing
> > whatever the fuck they want and if anyone disagrees escalating to
> > the CTTE if necessary. The maintainer chose to delegate that decision
> > process to the mailing list which is their prerogative, but I do not
> > have the means to start, lead, or even participate in discussions,
> > so I offer the experiment that was requested, and if anyone wants
> > to pursue this further that's on them to coordinate.
> 
> Just to for the record:
> 
> My issue is not at all with you adding variants, uutils or otherwise. My
> issue is with you silent changing the "coreutils" package to be uutils
> coreutils. Your message does nothing to address that point.

...an experimental upload...
...for a specific purpose requested by another developer for a test...
...months ago, with no follow-up uploads or discussion afterwards...
...and with later uploads of the coreutils package that have absolutely
   no trace of these changes...

...so I would say this is *exactly* what Debian experimental is for -
experiments that may never see another upload, ever, depending on
how things turn out.

G'luck,
Peter

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