Comment 15 for bug 794727

It looks like this bug has a few duplicates and other implications, such as to logwatch in bug 1010625. So I think the original bug should remain, since most comments here pertain to that, and it is useful to keep this bug to help track anything else that has been affected by this change.

I have created bug 1181264 to track the symlink wishlist item.

Note that I'm tentatively marking this Won't Fix for the same reason as Phillip's justification. Those annoyed by this should note that it isn't always clear that a decision to make a change will turn out to be controversial or cause disruption. This appears to be the case here. It's reasonable to make changes that aren't expected to have wider consequences or controversy as otherwise we'd get nothing done. But now that you've presented the controversy, the Ubuntu Code of Conduct clearly requires us to seek consensus.

Seeking consensus on this bug is clearly not going to be productive, as there will be obvious consensus amongst those affected by this bug (and therefore those who find the bug), and those with other use cases will be left out completely, since they won't know about the bug. So if you'd like to see this changed, then please seek consensus for a fix on the appropriate mailing lists.

I also don't see anything in the Ubuntu delta regarding this. Has this change actually been made in Debian or upstream? If so, the appropriate venue to discuss this issue may also be upstream.