Bug#517975: pdnsd: package update overrides configuration

2009-03-17 Thread Pierre Habouzit
On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 06:40:17PM +, Alexander Gattin wrote: > Hello, > > On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 06:50:46AM +0100, Christian Perrier wrote: > > Quoting Alexander Gattin (xr...@yandex.ru): > > > P.S. Christian, what's your opinion on the issue? > > > > I should have one? :-) > > It would be

Bug#517975: pdnsd: package update overrides configuration

2009-03-17 Thread Alexander Gattin
Hello, On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 06:50:46AM +0100, Christian Perrier wrote: > Quoting Alexander Gattin (xr...@yandex.ru): > > P.S. Christian, what's your opinion on the issue? > > I should have one? :-) It would be nice if you do :). Maybe you faced similar discussions in the past? > I generally

Bug#517975: pdnsd: package update overrides configuration

2009-03-16 Thread Christian Perrier
Quoting Alexander Gattin (xr...@yandex.ru): > P.S. Christian, what's your opinion on the issue? I should have one? :-) I generally trust Pierre's advice and experience on many issues, so I don't feel like interfering in your discussion which I don't have the background for...would be a good ide

Bug#517975: pdnsd: package update overrides configuration

2009-03-16 Thread Alexander Gattin
Hello again, On Sun, Mar 08, 2009 at 03:19:09PM +0100, Pierre Habouzit wrote: > you absolutely don't get it. I give the two most used > configurations (i.e. pdnsd-recurse.conf and pdnsd-resolvconf.conf) > for free, namely: > * local cache, slave to your ISP or dhcp servers, through the >

Bug#517975: pdnsd: package update overrides configuration

2009-03-09 Thread Pierre Habouzit
On Sun, Mar 08, 2009 at 11:07:44PM +, Alexander Gattin wrote: > On Sun, Mar 08, 2009 at 11:03:17PM +0100, Pierre Habouzit wrote: > > FWIW I talked with several DD who all believed > > you're wrong. Any package that ships themes e.g. > > does that. > > probably, this whole argument does not des

Bug#517975: pdnsd: package update overrides configuration

2009-03-08 Thread Alexander Gattin
On Sun, Mar 08, 2009 at 11:03:17PM +0100, Pierre Habouzit wrote: > It's not, many packages do the same, ? > In the next upload I'll make it very clear in > the /usr files that those are not meant to be > edited by the user, and will be overwritten by > an upgrade "a large billboard that says in

Bug#517975: pdnsd: package update overrides configuration

2009-03-08 Thread Pierre Habouzit
On Sun, Mar 08, 2009 at 07:32:08PM +, Alexander Gattin wrote: > As I've said earlier, it's OK with me to choose > "resolvconf" mode. Yet I'd be grateful to pdnsd to > allow me (1) to choose a mode, (2) make small > modifications to its behaviour and (3) to keep > them across upgrades. It's wha

Bug#517975: pdnsd: package update overrides configuration

2009-03-08 Thread Alexander Gattin
On Sun, Mar 08, 2009 at 03:19:09PM +0100, Pierre Habouzit wrote: > Oh boy, you absolutely don't get it. of course I do, > I give the two most used configurations for free yes, and while it's perfectly OK regarding your intentions, the manner in which it's implemented isn't. > If you're not in t

Bug#517975: pdnsd: package update overrides configuration

2009-03-08 Thread Pierre Habouzit
On Sun, Mar 08, 2009 at 01:15:31PM +, Alexander Gattin wrote: > I do not understand why did you introduce the > AUTO_MODE at all? Probably, you wanted to help > users configuring pdnsd by making it > accomplishable through dpkg-reconfigure pdnsd? > > If so, then amount of behavoiur which is ex

Bug#517975: pdnsd: package update overrides configuration

2009-03-08 Thread Alexander Gattin
I do not understand why did you introduce the AUTO_MODE at all? Probably, you wanted to help users configuring pdnsd by making it accomplishable through dpkg-reconfigure pdnsd? If so, then amount of behavoiur which is exposed to dpkg-reconfigure pdnsd is obviously insufficient (server_ip? proxy_on

Bug#517975: pdnsd: package update overrides configuration

2009-03-08 Thread Alexander Gattin
Hello, On Sat, Mar 07, 2009 at 10:31:13AM +0100, Pierre Habouzit wrote: > On Fri, Mar 06, 2009 at 09:21:15AM +, Alexander Gattin wrote: > > you have totally screwed up the Policy's > > definitions and intentions: regardless of > > whether it's a conffile or Config File, local > > changes must

Bug#517975: pdnsd: package update overrides configuration

2009-03-07 Thread Pierre Habouzit
On Fri, Mar 06, 2009 at 09:21:15AM +, Alexander Gattin wrote: > Hello, Pierre, > > you have totally screwed up the Policy's definitions and intentions: > regardless of whether it's a conffile or Config File, local changes > must be preserved during a package upgrade. I'm speechless... No I'm

Bug#517975: pdnsd: package update overrides configuration

2009-03-06 Thread Alexander Gattin
Hello, Pierre, you have totally screwed up the Policy's definitions and intentions: regardless of whether it's a conffile or Config File, local changes must be preserved during a package upgrade. -- WBR, xrgtn -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subj

Bug#517975: pdnsd: package update overrides configuration

2009-03-03 Thread Valery V. Vorotyntsev
Package: pdnsd Version: 1.2.7-par-1 Severity: serious pdnsd stopped responding to requests from tap0 interface after the package was updated. It appears to be a direct result of Debian policy violations. > 10.7.2 Location > > Any configuration files created or used by your package must reside > i