On Sun, 7 Dec 2003 01:05:24 +1000, Anthony Towns <aj@azure.humbug.org.au> wrote: >On Sat, Dec 06, 2003 at 10:34:45AM +0100, Andreas Barth wrote: >> > Seriously, I think you need to reconsider having the configuration in >> > a separate package. >> > What're you trying to achieve exactly? >> Allowing for different configuration mechanismn. And I (as a user of >> exim4) like that very much. > >There are plenty of things that could be described that way that don't >involve having separate packages. There's a reason the word "exactly" >appeared in the question above.
For example, the place I work has a package exim4-config-ilkserver based on exim4-config-medium. That package installs without debconf questions and contains a configuration that is suitable to our non-main servers. It, for example, only delivers mail to local accounts that are especially configured to receive mails. When we need to change that configuration, the only thing necessary is to build a new version of exim4-config-ilkserver and to put it on our distribution server. cron-apt will automatically pull the new config to the servers and optionally install it automatically. When a new Debian version of exim4 is released, the binary packages can be updated without affecting configuration. And if exim4's config file format changes or our config starts using features only present beyond exim 4.foo, we can use the Dependency mechanism to prevent non-matching binary and config packages from being installed. This is a great thing, and I like that idea very much. Greetings Marc -- -------------------------------------- !! No courtesy copies, please !! ----- Marc Haber | " Questions are the | Mailadresse im Header Karlsruhe, Germany | Beginning of Wisdom " | Fon: *49 721 966 32 15 Nordisch by Nature | Lt. Worf, TNG "Rightful Heir" | Fax: *49 721 966 31 29