On Thursday, February 11, 2021 at 2:19:35 PM UTC+5:30 i...@radix50.net 
wrote:

> On Wed, Feb 10, 2021 at 09:54:39PM -0800, vijaikumar....@gmail.com wrote: 
> > Since ISAR is providing that information by default, and people use it 
> based 
> > on upstream trust, we should probably have that information in a way 
> that it 
> > is usable even after an upgrade. Or not provide it at all. I am more 
> > inclined to 
> > base-files approach here since we know that /etc/os-release is 
> maintained 
> > by it. 
> > Since providing another file is not the recommended way, as per Debian, 
> we 
> > should probably provide the isar information in /etc/os-release through 
> > custom 
> > base-files in upstream isar for reference. 
> > 
> > Do you feel it is a strong enough reason to have custom base-files in 
> ISAR? 
>
> Clean or nothing -- fair enough. I don't have strong feelings that we 
> should 
> provide that information at all :) , but I admit it is handy after we have 
> it. 
> As long as Isar doesn't become a distro, I'm fine with providing 
> base-files as 
> it cleans things up, especially long-term (updates). 


Ok. In that case, I will try preparing a patch and send it for review 
sometime
soon.

Thanks,
Vijai Kumar K
 

>
> With kind regards, 
> Baurzhan. 
>