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Bug#941198: In support of mandatory unit files



On Sun, Dec 08, 2019 at 02:25:41PM +0100, Bill Allombert wrote:
> > > Sure, help fir that would be nice. Thanks for the offer.
> > > (Probably should have an own bug for that.) Nethertheless, this is the
> > > line that causes my problems and needs to be transferred:
> > > https://salsa.debian.org/debian/gmrender-resurrect/blob/master/debian/gmediarender.default#L8
> > I think they way forward is getting rid of .default files. These options
> > belong in software specific conffiles, not in conffiles for initscript
> > conffiles.
> 
> I disagree. The command line / environment is a perfectly valid way to
> set software options. It has a standard and well-understood interface,
> while each configuration files tend to have their own unique syntax and
> parser idiosynchrasy and bogosity. We should have less configuration
> file parsers, not more.
In that case users should edit the unit files directly, configuring the
command directly.

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