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]

[Andreas Metzler]

On 2024-05-29 Marco d'Itri <md-qmABPYjvHBQ at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> On May 28, Andreas Metzler <ametzler-4wVjbtCF2hw at public.gmane.org> wrote:

>> I think it is bad choice to deliberately have different behavior for
>> freshly installed and upgraded systems. Offering upgrades has always
>> been one of the major selling points of Debian, and imho this
>> implicitely includes that you do not get a worse or second class Debian
>> installation when you upgrade it than if you installed from scratch.

> I strongly disagree: it is a bad choice to change on upgrades a default 
> which may cause data loss.

Hello,

That is false dichotomy. data-loss will occur when people use /tmp or
/var/tmp for persistent data-storage because "This has (for a couple of
years) worked on Debian systems" not because "This has (for a couple of
years) worked on *this* *specific* Debian system.".

cu Andreas