Re: ppp and new users (was: Re: Tecnology and marketing)

[gsstark@mit.edu (Gregory S. Stark)]

john@dhh.gt.org writes:
> Gregory S. Stark writes:
> > It's worse than distateful, if there are multiple packages that try to do
> > this it can be serious problems. This is why there's a policy prohibition
> > on packages editting configuration files belonging to another package.
> 
> Packages, not programs.  Otherwise vi would be in violation.  Editing the
> configuration files of another package (ppp) is pppconfig's purpose.  Think
> of it as a special-purpose editor.

Forgive me for being blunt, but this doensn't make any sense.

There's a world of difference between a user using a text editor on a file,
and having a script that tries to edit the file automatically.

Basically, either a user should be editting a file, or a program in the same
package should be editting a file. Hence, install-docs, install-info,
install-menu, install-mime, etc.

I'm suggesting a package adopt resolv.conf and provide a script for adjusting
it. After further thought I think the libc6 package should adopt it.

No other package (meaning no other program in the package of course, that's
the only way packages _do_ anything) should try to edit configuration files
directly.

greg


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