Paul Slootman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I did actually. I would have expected an email, or at least a message to
> d-devel-announce with a list of removed packages. That sucks.
> Thanks for bringing it to my attention!
I have already complained about the procedure on -devel, I suggested to
send a mail to the bug address, thus recording it in the database, and
notifying the maintainer.
>> Where do these images show up? If you think that many people do
>
> You list sites that are not be be accessed; the default action (for
> images, e.g. banners from doubleclick.net) is to replace the image that
> should have been fetched with the transparent 1x1 image. By putting your
> own banner there, you don't have unexpected white areas.
Ah, I see.
>> > Replacing the wwwoffle.conf with a symlink would seem pretty silly
>> > anyway, and I wonder as to what extent such actions need to be
>> > supported.
>>
>> I do it, and I do it with many files. Obviously others have noted this,
>> too.
>
> Please enlighten me, why? What are the advantanges?
I switch network configurations for my laptop during boot time by
redirecting symlinks to the correct target for the current network. I
do this for /etc/resolv.conf, /etc/network/interfaces, exim.conf,
chrony.conf, and wwwoffle.{conf,options}. I even maintain a package,
netenv, that uses this as the standard method for on-board NICs.
This works really like a charm, except for wwwoffle: It nukes the
symlinks upon upgrade, and it cannot be switched to the new
configuration using init.d/wwwoffle restart.
> Someone's always complaining; doesn't mean they're right.
> I'd say: NMU for the RC stuff only; after a suitable period, other
> things could be done.
I won't do an NMU - as I said earlier, I have to stop Debian work for a
couple of weeks.
Regards, Frank
--
Frank Küster
Inst. f. Biochemie der Univ. Zürich
Debian Developer
