Re: make most files conffiles?

[Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@datasync.com>]

Hi,
>>"Roderick" == Roderick Schertler <roderick@argon.org> writes:

Roderick> Why not make most files conffiles?  If the admin changes a
Roderick> file it seems to me that treating it with dpkg's conffile
Roderick> handling would be much better than the current behavior of
Roderick> silently losing the changes.

	Oh, sure. Lets make _everything_ a conffile. Like, then if I
 compile my own perl, then, umm, I will be reminded when there
 is, like, an upgrade. And I can, you know, say no, I, umm, like my
 perl better than your perl, and not be a luser.

	We have a powerful mechanism here, and, umm, why not use it to
 the fullest?
	
	manoj
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