Bug#587991: perl-policy: /etc/perl missing from Module Path

[Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>]

Hi,

Ansgar Burchardt noticed:

> perl/5.8.0-7 added /etc/perl to @INC:
>
>   * Prepend /etc/perl to @INC to provide a standard location for
>     configuration modules:
>
> But this addition has never been documented in the Debian Perl Policy.

Russ Allbery wrote:

> Good point.  Here's updated proposed wording.

I see this has been seconded by

 Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org> (message #25)

and I imagine that Russ might be willing to second this, but that
still leaves us one DD short[1].  Seconds?  Objections?
Clarifications?

A refreshed patch is attached for reference.

Thanks,
Jonathan

[1] http://wiki.debian.org/PolicyChangesProcess#StateE.3AWordingproposed

diff --git a/perl-policy.sgml b/perl-policy.sgml
index b9f3277..b41342d 100644
--- a/perl-policy.sgml
+++ b/perl-policy.sgml
@@ -128,17 +128,27 @@
       <sect id="paths">
 	<heading>Module Path</heading>
 	<p>
-	  Perl searches three different locations for modules, referred
-	  to in this document as <var>core</var> in which modules
-	  distributed with Perl are installed, <var>vendor</var> for
-	  packaged modules and <var>site</var> for modules installed by
-	  the local administrator.
+	  Perl searches four different locations for modules, referred to
+	  in this document as <var>etc</var> for system configuration
+	  modules, <var>core</var> in which modules distributed with Perl
+	  are installed, <var>vendor</var> for packaged modules,
+	  and <var>site</var> for modules installed by the local
+	  administrator.
 	</p>
 	<p>
 	  The module search path (<tt>@INC</tt>) in the Debian packages
 	  has been ordered to include these locations in the following
 	  order:
 	  <taglist>
+	    <tag><var>etc</var></tag>
+	    <item>
+	      <p>
+		Configuration modules (see <ref id="config_modules">).
+		<example>
+/etc/perl
+		</example>
+	      </p>
+	    </item>
 	    <tag><var>site</var> (current)</tag>
 	    <item>
 	      <p>
@@ -393,6 +403,17 @@ $(MAKE) install DESTDIR=$(CURDIR)/debian/&lt;tmp&gt;
 	  </p>
 	</sect1>
       </sect>
+
+      <sect id="config_modules">
+	<heading>Configuration Modules</heading>
+	<p>
+	  Some Perl packages load system-wide configuration from a
+	  dedicated Perl module whose purpose is solely to contain
+	  configuration settings.  The module often contains only variable
+	  settings.  Such modules should be treated as configuration files
+	  and installed under <file>/etc/perl</file>.
+	</p>
+      </sect>
     </chapt>
 
     <chapt id="programs">