[Bug 2111817] Re: coreutils-from is in main but coreutils-from-uutils is not

[Julian Andres Klode]

Adding the block-proposed tag again now that ubuntu20 has migrated.

** Tags added: block-proposed

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Title:
  coreutils-from is in main but coreutils-from-uutils is not

Status in coreutils-from package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  Currently in questing-proposed,

  coreutils has Pre-Depends: coreutils-from-uutils | coreutils-from-gnu

  coreutils is in main
  coreutils-from-gnu is in main
  coreutils-from-uutils is in universe

  It looks like britney would allow this to migrate to questing.

  I'm filing a blocker bug because the first alternative for a package
  in main ought to be in main. In practice, I think this would result in
  the universe Ubuntu Desktop Flavor ISOs to pull in coreutils-from-
  uutils but the Ubuntu Desktop and Ubuntu Server ISOs to use coreutils-
  from-gnu. I'm guessing people upgrading from plucky would also get
  coreutils-from-uutils. This is chaotic.

  I think that we need to get coreutils-from-uutils and rust-coreutils
  into main before allowing this swap to continue. In other words, this
  is blocked by LP: #2111815

  Other Info
  ----------
  I think this could be said to be a violation of Debian Policy § 2.2.1 once translated to Ubuntu archive specifics.

  https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-archive.html#the-main-
  archive-area

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