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

[Jeremy Bícha]

coreutils-from 0.0.0~ubuntu3 defaults to coreutils-from-gnu which should
be equivalent to what exists in Ubuntu 25.04.

In the past, the MIR team has been willing to grant exceptions in some
cases to allow packages to be promoted to main before the review has
been completed.

If we simply allowed the new coreutils-from to migrate to questing
without the main promotion, then anyone who installs Ubuntu Desktop or
Ubuntu Server from a daily (or snapshot) ISO after that will still have
coreutils-from-gnu installed. So people aren't really getting the same
intended experience.

Swapping alternates doesn't work for upgraders for people already
running questing as we can't use ubuntu-release-upgrader to fix it. So
this is also bad.

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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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