>> On Fri, 18 Apr 2003 14:04:25 -0500, >> John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> Colin Walters writes: >> One might be to create a third class of configuration files; let's >> call them "managed configuration files". > Is the choice to be up to the maintainer? If so, I'm afraid that > over time almost all configfiles would become managed, as that > would be the easy way for maintainers. From what I understand, the choice is _not_ the maintainers, since it is encapsulated in /etc/conffile/managed, /etc/conffile/unmanaged, and /etc/conffile/default; all of which are themselves conffiles which are under local admin control. I am happy with the local admin deciding which ones are managed; or not, and where it is OK to blow away local changes; packages making this decision on their own ought to be considered in violation of policy. manoj -- Don't hit a man when he's down -- kick him; it's easier. Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.debian.org/%7Esrivasta/> 1024R/C7261095 print CB D9 F4 12 68 07 E4 05 CC 2D 27 12 1D F5 E8 6E 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA DABB BF24 424C