On 02/10/2012 07:02 PM, Russ Allbery wrote:
Anyway, I'll stop discussing this here, as it's not really on topic. I
just wanted to provide some background, since I realize on the surface
it's a somewhat puzzling decision.
Thanks for the explanation. Is there a rationale document (and a design
document that explains what we have to expect from this change)
somewhere on the Debian web site ?
I couldn't find it, but perhaps I didn't search it right.
If this is such an obvious solution to the problems you mention, one
would assume that other distributors would clamor for it, too.
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