Re: we need more variation for conffiles
>>"Atsuhito" == Atsuhito Kohda <kohda@pm.tokushima-u.ac.jp> writes:
Atsuhito> Perhaps you think mainly of the cases where a conffile is
Atsuhito> broken by accident, but I think mainly of the cases where
Atsuhito> a maintainer refines a conffile in a smart way and it needs
Atsuhito> to replace the old conffile with the new one in order to
Atsuhito> use the refined capability.
Then make the upgrade smart enough to do it using
configure-<packagename>, and tell the user to run that to move over
to the new way of doing things in order to get the new functionality.
Backward compatibility is also smart.
If I am upgrading a hundred or so packages (which happens for
machines tracking stable), AND am on a time schedule, redoing a
gazzillion packages is not something I would appreciate.
Atsuhito> Sorry but I do not know the meaning of the phrase
Atsuhito> "a different kettle of fish", would you please someone
Atsuhito> tell me the meaning :)
Sorry. It means "a different matter altogether".
manoj
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