> The same is also true for Debian, Ubuntu, and many other .deb distros. This is far more common in the linux ecosystem than not. Suse seems to me to be the odd-one-out here.
Agreed. I didn't and wouldn't say it's a good practice. It can be quite risky in fact. I only said it was possible. Your warning is a good one as I didn't intend to imply that just because you ,can doesn't mean you should
This is something that is explicitly warned against by the Debian developers - https://wiki.debian.org/DontBreakDebian#Don.27t_make_a_Frank...