On Fri, 12 Aug 2011 17:31:19 +0800, Thomas Goirand <tho...@goirand.fr> wrote: > The goal of my software is to handle the configuration of the server. If > we follow what you are saying, then an administrator would have to spend > hours to setup his server manually for a single installation. Do you > think that this is manageable?
I don't care. This isn't a reason for your package to ignore debian policy. > > Note also that I've opened discussions about it, and that I'm trying to > solve the issue, but the postfix maintainer (for example) didn't even > bother to reply. Upstream said that a conf.d folder isn't even possible. > What solution do I have here? The solution is to not modify the cofiguration files of other packages, obviously. "My package doesn't at all fit with debian policy. My package cannot be made to follow policy" isn't a sign that the policy needs to be changed or that the policies should be ignored. It is a sign that the package doesn't belong in debian. stew
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