Re: [gentoo-dev] timezone configuration - why copying, not symlinking /etc/localtime ?

[Rich Freeman <rich0@gentoo.org>]

On Mon, Mar 22, 2021 at 6:54 PM Andreas K. Huettel <dilfridge@gentoo.org> wrote:
>
> > > Council decided years ago that we don't support separate /usr without
> > > an initramfs, but we haven't completed that transition yet.
> >
> > Which doesn't imply that we deliberately break things.
>
> That's right. Though we should at some point start thinking about an end of support for separate usr without initramfs.
>

Just to clarify - it is already unsupported at a distro level.  It is
just that some individual packages still work with it.

The current Council decisions on the issue are (just providing for
general reference):

- "Since that particular setup may already be subtly broken today
  depending on the installed software, Council recommends using an
  early boot mount mechanism, e.g. initramfs, to mount /usr if /usr
  is on a separate partition."
  Accepted unanimously. [1]

- "The intention is to eventually not require maintainers to support
  a separate /usr without an early boot mechanism once the Council
  agrees that the necessary docs/migration path is in place."
  Accepted with 4 yes votes, 1 no vote, 2 abstentions. [1]

- "The Council agrees that all preparations for dropping support for
  separate /usr without an initramfs or similar boot mechanism are
  complete. A news item will be prepared, and users will be given one
  month to switch after the news item has been sent."
  Accepted with 5 yes votes, 1 no vote, 1 abstention. [2]

Current policy documentation:
Developers are not required to support using separate /usr filesystem
without an initramfs. [3]

1 - https://projects.gentoo.org/council/meeting-logs/20130813-summary.txt
2 - https://projects.gentoo.org/council/meeting-logs/20130924-summary.txt
3 - https://projects.gentoo.org/qa/policy-guide/filesystem.html#pg0202

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Rich