Derivatives needing to replace config files

[Christian Hofstädtler <ch@grml.org>]

Hi there!

Some derivatives need/want to replace config files shipped by standard Debian packages.

I'm wondering what is the best way to do this as long as the package is shipped by the derivative, and, what can be done inside Debian to make this easier, and/or actually allowing this inside Debian itself (with limitations, of course).

If anyone wants to discuss this at DC11, myself and other Grml developers are usually somewhere in the upper floor hacklab.

Thanks,
  -chrish