On 2006-09-11 at 20:30 -0400, Michael Cummings wrote: > Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > > * If no existing file with the intended target name exists, or if the > > existing > > file has identical content to the file to be installed, the file to be > > installed > > is installed as normal. > > Just one poor dev's opinion, but I prefer it when these files are > created as .sample's or examples.
.sample or .example files are not related with configuration protection and as it was already decided on such files should go into /usr/share/doc. > Invariably there is some tweaking that needs to be done to the file, > even when it's the initial version of the file. And this breaks General guidelines in gentoo developer handbook: "Your package, when complete and unmasked, is supposed to "just work" for the end-user. Tweaking the installed product to get it to work should be optional; thus you need to install the package with reasonable default settings." Regards, Peter.
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