Hi On 2024-03-09 21:39:50 +0100, Helmut Grohne wrote: > Hi release team and essential maintainers, > > On Mon, Sep 04, 2023 at 10:33:54PM +0200, Helmut Grohne wrote: > > Once these issues have been resolved, we can move most files except for > > a small set of essential packages. For those, a coordinated upload > > moving their files will be needed as will be an upload of base-files > > adding the aliasing symlinks there. > > We're well into this now. Most of the essential set is moved and I've > most of the remaining pieces. I hope that within one week, we're left > with only: > - base-files > - bash > - dash > - glibc > - util-linux > > Patches for these have been prepared. The current patches are available > from https://salsa.debian.org/helmutg/bootstrap-usrmerge-demo. These > changes have been uploaded to Ubuntu noble already and feedback has been > incorporated. In particular, base-files will now divert to dot files to > avoid cluttering the / view during the transition and base-files will > remove unnecessary diversions (those where it ships symlinks). > > I'd now like to coordinate a time of upload. Given that chroots are > rebuilt in Wednesday and Sunday, I suggest we pick a Thursday morning > for the actual upload. If I unexpectedly break stuff, I still have a few > days to fix. How about March 21st?
If and only if time64_t is done by then. Adding more changes where transition has to be coordinated to the ongoing mega transition does not help. Cheers -- Sebastian Ramacher
