On Mon, 1 May 2017 21:16:33 +1000, Scott Leggett <sc...@sl.id.au> wrote: >On 2017-05-01.13:02, Marc Haber wrote: >> On Mon, 1 May 2017 11:09:26 +0200, Christian Seiler >> <christ...@iwakd.de> wrote: >> >And as I said in other places in this thread: I personally >> >think that the separate /usr <-> /etc scheme is much better >> >than just storing everything in /etc, so I would really >> >prefer if as much software as possible would switch to that, >> >> How would you expect the case "local admin has copied over the file >> from /usr to /etc to apply local changes, and a new package version >> changes its defaults so that the service wouldn't run with an >> unadapted configuration any more" to be handled? > >Via a NEWS entry? I'd expect _any_ significant change in default >behaviour in a package to be announced in a NEWS entry.
While that would be ideal, being pointed to it by dpkg is automatic. Greetings Marc -- -------------------------------------- !! No courtesy copies, please !! ----- Marc Haber | " Questions are the | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germany | Beginning of Wisdom " | http://www.zugschlus.de/ Nordisch by Nature | Lt. Worf, TNG "Rightful Heir" | Fon: *49 621 72739834
