Bug#517975: pdnsd: package update overrides configuration

2009-03-17 Thread Alexander Gattin
Hello, On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 06:50:46AM +0100, Christian Perrier wrote: Quoting Alexander Gattin (xr...@yandex.ru): P.S. Christian, what's your opinion on the issue? I should have one? :-) It would be nice if you do :). Maybe you faced similar discussions in the past? I generally trust

Bug#517975: pdnsd: package update overrides configuration

2009-03-17 Thread Pierre Habouzit
On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 06:40:17PM +, Alexander Gattin wrote: Hello, On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 06:50:46AM +0100, Christian Perrier wrote: Quoting Alexander Gattin (xr...@yandex.ru): P.S. Christian, what's your opinion on the issue? I should have one? :-) It would be nice if you

Bug#517975: pdnsd: package update overrides configuration

2009-03-16 Thread Alexander Gattin
Hello again, On Sun, Mar 08, 2009 at 03:19:09PM +0100, Pierre Habouzit wrote: you absolutely don't get it. I give the two most used configurations (i.e. pdnsd-recurse.conf and pdnsd-resolvconf.conf) for free, namely: * local cache, slave to your ISP or dhcp servers, through the

Bug#517975: pdnsd: package update overrides configuration

2009-03-16 Thread Christian Perrier
Quoting Alexander Gattin (xr...@yandex.ru): P.S. Christian, what's your opinion on the issue? I should have one? :-) I generally trust Pierre's advice and experience on many issues, so I don't feel like interfering in your discussion which I don't have the background for...would be a good

Bug#517975: pdnsd: package update overrides configuration

2009-03-09 Thread Pierre Habouzit
On Sun, Mar 08, 2009 at 11:07:44PM +, Alexander Gattin wrote: On Sun, Mar 08, 2009 at 11:03:17PM +0100, Pierre Habouzit wrote: FWIW I talked with several DD who all believed you're wrong. Any package that ships themes e.g. does that. probably, this whole argument does not deserve an

Bug#517975: pdnsd: package update overrides configuration

2009-03-08 Thread Alexander Gattin
Hello, On Sat, Mar 07, 2009 at 10:31:13AM +0100, Pierre Habouzit wrote: On Fri, Mar 06, 2009 at 09:21:15AM +, Alexander Gattin wrote: you have totally screwed up the Policy's definitions and intentions: regardless of whether it's a conffile or Config File, local changes must be

Bug#517975: pdnsd: package update overrides configuration

2009-03-08 Thread Alexander Gattin
I do not understand why did you introduce the AUTO_MODE at all? Probably, you wanted to help users configuring pdnsd by making it accomplishable through dpkg-reconfigure pdnsd? If so, then amount of behavoiur which is exposed to dpkg-reconfigure pdnsd is obviously insufficient (server_ip?

Bug#517975: pdnsd: package update overrides configuration

2009-03-08 Thread Pierre Habouzit
On Sun, Mar 08, 2009 at 01:15:31PM +, Alexander Gattin wrote: I do not understand why did you introduce the AUTO_MODE at all? Probably, you wanted to help users configuring pdnsd by making it accomplishable through dpkg-reconfigure pdnsd? If so, then amount of behavoiur which is exposed

Bug#517975: pdnsd: package update overrides configuration

2009-03-08 Thread Alexander Gattin
On Sun, Mar 08, 2009 at 03:19:09PM +0100, Pierre Habouzit wrote: Oh boy, you absolutely don't get it. of course I do, I give the two most used configurations for free yes, and while it's perfectly OK regarding your intentions, the manner in which it's implemented isn't. If you're not in

Bug#517975: pdnsd: package update overrides configuration

2009-03-08 Thread Pierre Habouzit
On Sun, Mar 08, 2009 at 07:32:08PM +, Alexander Gattin wrote: As I've said earlier, it's OK with me to choose resolvconf mode. Yet I'd be grateful to pdnsd to allow me (1) to choose a mode, (2) make small modifications to its behaviour and (3) to keep them across upgrades. It's what it

Bug#517975: pdnsd: package update overrides configuration

2009-03-08 Thread Alexander Gattin
On Sun, Mar 08, 2009 at 11:03:17PM +0100, Pierre Habouzit wrote: It's not, many packages do the same, ? In the next upload I'll make it very clear in the /usr files that those are not meant to be edited by the user, and will be overwritten by an upgrade a large billboard that says in

Bug#517975: pdnsd: package update overrides configuration

2009-03-07 Thread Pierre Habouzit
On Fri, Mar 06, 2009 at 09:21:15AM +, Alexander Gattin wrote: Hello, Pierre, you have totally screwed up the Policy's definitions and intentions: regardless of whether it's a conffile or Config File, local changes must be preserved during a package upgrade. I'm speechless... No I'm not

Bug#517975: pdnsd: package update overrides configuration

2009-03-06 Thread Alexander Gattin
Hello, Pierre, you have totally screwed up the Policy's definitions and intentions: regardless of whether it's a conffile or Config File, local changes must be preserved during a package upgrade. -- WBR, xrgtn -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-rc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a

Bug#517975: pdnsd: package update overrides configuration

2009-03-03 Thread Valery V. Vorotyntsev
Package: pdnsd Version: 1.2.7-par-1 Severity: serious pdnsd stopped responding to requests from tap0 interface after the package was updated. It appears to be a direct result of Debian policy violations. 10.7.2 Location Any configuration files created or used by your package must reside in