Re: It's Huntin' Season
>>"Ian" == Ian Zimmerman <itz@speakeasy.org> writes:
Manoj> Either never change the file once created; or preserve user
Manoj> changes. If you never change the file once created, you have
Manoj> nothing to worry about. It is only when people are changing
Manoj> files that are already in place in /etc do questions arise.
Adam> If a package places a file in /etc(this is a configuration file,
Adam> but not a conffile), then I as a user/admin remove it, I don't
Adam> want the package to put a new version in place.
Ian> Sorry, but I don't think either of you answer Davide's question.
How much clearer do I have to be?
Ian> Which is, WTH should he do to achieve the installation
Ian> flexibility he wants to provide? I write this as someone who
Ian> used auctex for a while, and I very much appreciated having the
Ian> choice.
Why is my answer not an answer here? He can set up his package
install scripts to only create the /etc/emacs*/start.d/ file to only
be created at first install (and not to be recreated if the user has
removed it in the past). He should not over write any user changes.
Adam> This doesn't mean you can interpeted as attempting to save
Adam> changes. Must is must is must.
Davide> Should we change the Debian Emacs policy to allow me to put
Davide> them somewhere else?
You can;t. These are configuration files, and they must be in /etc.
Adam> Emacs policy is wrong in this sense then. Emacs policy does not
Adam> replace Debian Policy, it enhances it. And Debian Policy is
Adam> very clear about files in /etc.
Ian> This is a non-sequitur, isn't it? The question is, WHERE SHOULD THESE
Ian> FILES BE? The Debian policy argument implies they shouldn't be in
Ian> /etc. So, where else?
The files are precicely in the place they need to be. These
are configuration files for the package, and hence, as per policy,
they *MUST* be in /etc. Period.
manoj
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