>>>>> "Santiago" == Santiago Vila <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> Why are you so opposed to them being conffiles anyway,
Santiago> I am NOT opposed to them being conffiles. I am opposed
Santiago> to them being conffiles without a rationale.
>> it doesn't make any difference to someone who never changes
>> them.
Santiago> Let's make a conffile every script in /usr/bin, then.
That's not a bad suggestion, really.
Think about this. What if I find the need to make changes to a
script installed in "/usr/bin", or in "/etc/init.d".
The changes I make might be useful to someone else. Perhaps it's a
bugfix, or a new feature.
I can copy the script to "/usr/local" (making sure it's first in the
PATH), or rename the one in "/etc/init.d" so it won't get stomped, OR
I can make an RCS subdirectory, register the script, and edit it in
place. Since it's a conffile, my version isn't overwritten, and I
will have the opportunity to merge the maintainer's changes with my
own, as well as an easy way to generate a patch to send upstream.
Perhaps any edittable script in the box ought to be treated as a
conffile.
