On Wed, Feb 02, 2000 at 09:19:26AM +1100, Brian May wrote: > Raul> The simple solution to letting the administrator know the > Raul> package which created the file (which you already see in > Raul> place here) is to ensure that the path name has the package > Raul> name clearly embedded.
> Your solution: administrator manually cleans up mess left behind by > removing package. Well, if removing a package and reinstalling a conflicting package results in the conflicting package not working, I don't think they should share their config files. > My solution: dpkg does it. As long as it does it safely, I'm happy. > Raul> Finally, what's the difference between user files and > Raul> database files? Location stored? We're currently > Raul> experiencing a controversy where creation of a man page is > Raul> "too much". In my opinion you're proposing a much tougher > Raul> problem. > > I am afraid you have lost me there. I wasn't proposing to put any > files in different locations - I think you were (in you last > paragraph). I'm thinking in terms of the implications of the policy that you're sketching out. For that, you can't just think about specific cases -- you have to imagine what the policy would mean for the general case. -- Raul
