On Thu, Apr 06, 2000 at 10:36:04AM +0200, Santiago Vila wrote: > Final rewording: > > I propose that we modify paragraph in Policy 4.7.3 by adding the "only" > word, so that it reads as follows: > > The easy way to achieve this behavior is to make the configuration > file a conffile. This is only appropriate if it is possible to distribute a > default version that will work for most installations, although some > system administrators may choose to modify it. This implies that the > default version will be part of the package distribution, and must not > be modified by the maintainer scripts during installation (or at any > other time).
It would be more grammatical to say "appropriate only" rather than "only appropriate", since what we're isolating with the "only" adverb is the conditional "if", not the adjective "appropriate". -- G. Branden Robinson | Convictions are more dangerous enemies Debian GNU/Linux | of truth than lies. [EMAIL PROTECTED] | -- Friedrich Nietzsche roger.ecn.purdue.edu/~branden/ |
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