Package: cron
Version: 3.0pl1-137
Severity: minor
Georges,
cron(8) says:
In general, the system administrator should not use /etc/cron.d/,
but use the standard system crontab /etc/crontab.
I don't understand the reasoning behind this, except perhaps to
avoid a collision with a future package named "local".
If cron(8) was changed to:
The system administrator may create cron jobs in /etc/cron.d/
with file names like "local" or "local-foo".
then package changes to /etc/crontab would not require user interaction
during upgrades.
Thank you!
Daniel Lewart
Urbana, Illinois
