I think the Ubuntu patch has been obsoleted by common usage now, with pretty much all distros using upstream version (of *not* keeping HOME).
Removing the patch would lower the delta we carry; additionally there is the benefit of having Ubuntu behave as everybody else, lowering the easter-egg count of weird differences between distros.
Given 19.04 has been released, we should remove for u+1. This will give us enough time to find out and clean unsafe usage (if any).
I think the Ubuntu patch has been obsoleted by common usage now, with pretty much all distros using upstream version (of *not* keeping HOME).
Removing the patch would lower the delta we carry; additionally there is the benefit of having Ubuntu behave as everybody else, lowering the easter-egg count of weird differences between distros.
Given 19.04 has been released, we should remove for u+1. This will give us enough time to find out and clean unsafe usage (if any).
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