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by bureado 2927 days ago
Maintainer scripts are still very valuable, we use those in other packages (such as Code) for update-alternatives and they can be really useful in APT-based systems for user prompts via debconf. But, at any rate, we weren't thoughtful (at all) on what we did with those scripts. The team addressed that earlier today, using maintainer scripts: https://aka.ms/Oxbegy