Bug#21585: PROPOSED] /etc/init.d/<script> need not be a conf

[Shaleh <shaleh@livenet.net>]

>> > 
>> > Does that make things clearer?
>> 
>> I think that a smarter way of doing this would be better.  A user should be
>> able to edit things in /etc and be reasonably sure that the changes will not
>> disappear.
> 
> Absolutely: the changes will only disappear when the package is
> purged.  The scripts must make certain not to touch any configuration
> files in /etc without permission from the person installing.  In the
> case of xntp3 (as was), this was achieved by only creating it if it
> was not present, and only making local modifications after doing so if
> the user agreed to this.  The scripts never modified the configuration
> files without the explicit agreement of the installer.
> 

As long as this remains the case, then I would be fine with it.