I don't think there is a valid reason to delete the file. IMHO we should not change the current behaviour.
For the record, this behaviour was responsible for this logrotate bug: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=696797 The above issue should be handled in the next upload. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org