Bug#403391: debian-policy: scripts as configuration files: should vs. must
Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> wrote:
>>> + treated as configuration files. In general, any script that
>>> + embeds configuration information is de-facto a configuration
>>> + file and should be treated as such.
>> ^^^^^^
>>
>> Wasn't the initial request that these files /must/ be configuration
>> files?
>
> Specifically that the ones mentioned earlier in that paragraph must be,
> since that's what the release notes call out. The general Policy
> statement is far more broad, and I don't think Frank was proposing that
> change, only asking that Policy be consistent with the RC bug policy which
> calls out all cron jobs and init scripts.
Yes, of course. Just because some helper script is a quick hack and
contains a
LOGDIR=/var/log/foo
statement in it doesn't mean that it *must* be put into /etc/...
Regards, Frank
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Frank Küster
Debian Developer (teTeX/TeXLive)
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