Any number, even ONE, of conf/log file should be placed in a dedicated /{etc,var}/SourceName/ directory.
Should policy require, or at least strongly recommend,
that:
1. Each package that create _one_ or more
configuration file in /etc should put them in a
dedicated directory, for example as /etc/sourceName/.
That directory might be a natural place for user
modifications, breaking a long conf file when the
package mature and the like.
2. Each package that create _one_ or more log file in
/var/log should put them in a dedicated directory, for
example as /var/log/SourceName/. Even one log file
will probably turn, with time, to 4 or 5 because of
rotation.
?
The above might make the management of /etc and
/var/log easier.
The verification of that might be automated by lintian
like utilities.
Perhaps policy should recommend that any system
directory with more then 30 entries should be divided
to sub directories?
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