Re: Bug#193439: emacsen-common: debian-emacs-policy and package setup in conffile
On Mon, 19 May 2003 22:15:48 -0400, Peter S Galbraith <p.galbraith@globetrotter.net> said:
> Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> wrote:
>> >> Then you better start getting policy changed.
>>
>> > You mean emacs-policy? That's not such a big thing, is it?
>>
>> If files in /usr/share/emacs/debian-lisp.rc/ directory contain
>> configuration information, then that violates general debian
>> policy.
> I don't think autoloads count as configuration, anymore that having
> a new binary being available in the PATH after another package's
> install is a configuation.
Sure. Autoloads don't count as configuration in my book
either. If that's all you need, then putting the script outside of
/etc is fine.
But load-path modifications are indeed configuration issues,
as are setting variables at startup. Or creating derived modes on the
fly. Or any of the various and sundry things site-start.d scripts do.
manoj
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