Re: Discouraging automatic creation of configuration files

2009-07-23 Thread Michael T
Bill Allombert math.u-bordeaux1.fr> writes: > On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 02:02:18PM +, Michael T wrote: > > Some alternatives to packages creating configuration files (often best > > handled > > in co-operation with upstream) are: > > * Ensuring that the package has reasonable defaults if no co

Re: Discouraging automatic creation of configuration files

2009-07-23 Thread Bill Allombert
On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 02:02:18PM +, Michael T wrote: > Some alternatives to packages creating configuration files (often best handled > in co-operation with upstream) are: > * Ensuring that the package has reasonable defaults if no configuration file > is > supplied. > * Cleanly separate d

Discouraging automatic creation of configuration files

2009-07-22 Thread Michael T
Hello List, I'm aware that this may be an invitation to be flamed, but I would like to suggest an addition to the Debian policy: to discourage packages from creating, installing or modifying configuration files altogether when at all possible. The reasoning behind this is that configuration file