Debian Policy "10.7.4 Sharing configuration files" question

[Alexander GQ Gerasiov <gq@cs.msu.su>]

Hello there.

I found, that package rtpg-www modifies /etc/hosts on installation/purge

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=608451

I thing this violate 10.7.4

"The maintainer scripts must not alter a conffile of any package,
including the one the scripts belong to."


But maintainer disagrees with me arguing that preinst asks user, and
that's user who modify /etc/hosts (using preinst, eah).

Please comment this issue. Here or in #608451


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