Hi Marius,

On 12-01-15 at 12:23pm, Marius Kotsbak wrote:
> 
> Is this a legal approach to solve the configuration problem:
> 
> http://debathena.mit.edu/config-packages/

In my opinion no: Essentially debathena diverts configfiles which I 
consider a way of "messing programmatically with configfiles".

For examples of real-world problems, also demonstrating the relevancy of 
this policy, see "Common Issues" section at the bottom of above 
referenced page.

Petter Reinholdtsen [consider it legal] to mess programmatically with 
configfiles as it is done currently, even though it breaks upgrades.


 - Jonas

[consider it legal]: Explained at 0:32:42 - 0:33:25 in this video: 
http://meetings-archive.debian.net/pub/debian-meetings/2011/debconf11/low/779_Debian-Edu_Current_Status_and_Development_Ideas_for_the_next_Decade.ogv

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