> * elijah wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [040727 19:40]: > > and it probably would have been fine, if you'd been running a stock > > config. > > If things only have to be fine when using a stock config, why not > abolish all those limiting rules about /etc and just disallow the use to > cope with it directly and keep it under total control of the packaging > system and some configuration managment like some YaST ported to Debian?
i guess you must have missed the part about it being a non-package version of apache being broken by debian's package system touching its config files... > > with great power comes great responsibility (for your customized > > servers > > > > in general i don't like the thought of funky hacks being added to > > packages just to avoid stomping all over someone else's custom setup. > > Hallo? This is Debian. Changing a configuration file is proper and > intended use of the system. Making such things break is the worst thing > after remote root exploits and deleting arbitrary data in my eyes. And I > think in many other people's eyes, who choose Debian. a red herring. blaming the package system for breaking someone's not-controlled-by-thepackage-system tweaks is stupid. elijah -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
