On Sunday 29 March 2009 23:42:15 Adam Thornton wrote:
> On Mar 29, 2009, at 3:17 PM, Kern Sibbald wrote:
> > Yes, I am suggesting that all distros should use the Bacula
> > recommended
> > configuration.  We can then automate a lot of nice stuff.
>
> Look at this from the point of view of a distributor:
>
> *Every* application vendor believes his product is a special and
> unique flower that deserves special treatment and should not have to
> follow the rules for that distribution.
>
> It is in the distributor's interest to not believe any of them--even
> if some of them are correct.
>
> There are battles worth fighting.  This is not among them.  You will
> not win it.  At most, you will irritate the people whose job it is to
> make Bacula conform to the norms of the distribution it's being packed
> with.  Parameterize all installation directories as variables,
> recommend everything under /opt at the Bacula site, tell everyone why,
> recommend a procedure for relocating Bacula from wherever the vendor
> put it, and then move on with life.
>

Where did you get the idea I am fighting a battle?  I don't view it that way.

It is not a case of win or lose.  Rather I have made my recommendation, and I 
have told everyone (including Scott) that they are free to choose. 




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