Jens Peter Secher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > OK. [This "general rule" should be added to the Emacs Policy, then.]
Agreed. > Hmm, well, there are /many/ emacs add-ons. Each individual user > might want some particular add-on. If I were administering a site > with thousands of users, I would not load /every/ emacs add-on, > site-wide. ("What the heck is Standard ML, anyway?") Well, we're just setting up a few autoloads and frobbing auto-mode-alist. This is rather unintrusive, especially if there is no other entry in auto-mode-alist for the filetypes added. > Furthermore, what happens when two emacs modes claim the same > file-name extensions (eg., ".p")? Tough call. But keep in mind that users can always override things, since their ~/.emacs is evaluated after the Debian site packages. > In conclusion, If I am not missing something obvious, I think the > "general rule" should be reconsidered; but if you all insist, I will > remove the "Install site-wide" *debconf* question from postinst. I don't personally insist; as the package maintainer it's your choice.