On 2/6/20 2:36 AM, Paul Wise wrote: > My interpretation is > of this is that packages should never touch /srv unless directed to do > so by the sysadmin.
As a general rule, I'd agree. However, I support allowing packages to not do anything except creating an empty directory in /srv/$foo (i.e. creating their service root directory) *and* having a debconf prompt for that location. IMHO this makes use of /srv in its intended purpose. Regards, Daniel