Re: Bug#503991 closed by Michael Biebl <biebl@debian.org> (Re: Bug#503991: debian policy requires the configurable files be under /etc)
package powersaved
reopen 503991
thanks
On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 10:28:36AM +0000, Debian Bug Tracking System wrote:
> Stanislav Maslovski wrote:
> > Package: powersaved
> > Version: 0.15.20-3
> > Severity: serious
> >
>
> This severity is totally exagerrated. wishlist would have been much more
> appropriate
>
> > Any non-trivial configuration of powersaved requires writing event scripts.
> > At the moment these scripts must be placed under /usr/lib/powersave/scripts
> > which violates Debian Policy (see below). Please respect the policy.
>
> I don't agree.
You do not agree with the Debian Policy?
> Event scripts are not configuration files and shouldn't
> be edited.
Wrong. In the case of powersaved they are. You can find many examples
of such scripts placed under /etc in other packages (acpid, pm-utils, etc).
The system administrator must have a possibility to add his own scripts
and they must be placed under /etc, not to some random place in the
filesystem. *At least* you have to provide a mean to do that for
locally created scripts, but it would be better if all powersaved scripts
where treated the same.
> If you want to create locally modified scripts, feel free to
> put them under /etc and symlink them.
That is exactly what policy requires from _you_ as the package
maintainer to do.
I am reopening this bug and also CC-ing this message to debian-devel.
--
Stanislav
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