Bug#966621: Make /tmp/ a tmpfs and cleanup /var/tmp/ on a timer by default [was: Re: systemd: tmpfiles.d not cleaning /var/tmp by default]

[Bjørn Mork]

Luca Boccassi <bluca at debian.org> writes:

> we should bring the
> defaults in line with upstream and other distributions

This is not an argument. Why can't "upstream and other distributions" be
in line with Debian?  That would obviously be the sane thing for then to
strive for on most technical subjects.

Please state the *technical* reasons justifyin your proposed
changes. It's fine with me if you copy those reasons from " upstream and
other distributions".  If there are any. It's so vague that I, as a
Debian user, don't even know which distributions you are talking about.

> - /var/tmp/ is cleaned up on a timer

IMHO this is crazy.  Please don't do that.  It is a completely
unexpected policy change with exactly no upside AFAICS.  The downside is
obvious: Users will lose temporary data they expected to be persistent.

I predict that this will haunt us for years, like all the other major
policy changes which was forced upon us lately with the "upstream and
other distributions" arguments.

For heavens sake, you're still struggling with the fallout of the /usr
merge!  How many years is that now? But "upstream and other
distributions" did it, so therefore Debian had to as well?



Bjørn