Hi,
Sorry for digging up an old topic, but I've been away on
vacation.
>>"Ian" == Ian Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Ian> Manoj Srivastava writes ("Default organization: is there a site
Ian> config file?"):
Manoj> It seems to me that this information is not news specific (mailers
Manoj> could utilize it too), so should this file be installed instead in
Manoj> /etc, also, which package should take responsibility?
Ian> Mailers do (should) not usually add Organization headers. I
Ian> think it should stay in /etc/news.
Should is a matter of opinion. (My mailer has been configured
to add organization lines, so at least I prefer that my mailer do so:
doubtless, there are others. Moreover, in my _opinion_, the
distinction between news and mail is getting blurred. But this is
neither here or there.)
The issue is that we have at least two non-news related
packages (viz. dist and mailagent) that interact with mail, and
provide an organization header. In the future, there maybe other
packages that do the same, and the question is how should we handle
this?
We could set up post install scripts to check for
/etc/news/organization, and create it if that file does not exist, if
the opinion is that /etc/news/organization should be the location for
this information (currently I create an /etc/organization file, but I
could change that).
comments?
manoj
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