On Fri, Jul 24, 2026 at 02:45:47AM +0200, Benjamin Drung via ubuntu-devel wrote: >Hi everyone, > >any objection to remove /etc/debian_version from base-files? >/etc/os-release has been the de-facto standard in the last 10 years. >Tools that look at /etc/debian_version should look at /etc/os-release >instead. > >Please let me close this bug after 20 years: >https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/base-files/+bug/19353 > >-- >Benjamin Drung >Debian & Ubuntu Developer Thanks for driving this, Benjamin. Without taking a closer look at indiviual entries, codesearch shows 514 packages referring to that path somehow. How are we going to assess the impact of the change on those in case we proceed to carry it as a delta? -- Athos Ribeiro -- ubuntu-devel mailing list ubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel
