On 4 Feb 2002, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote: > Adam Heath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > Should we change the Debian Emacs policy to allow me to put them > > > somewhere else? > > > > Emacs policy is wrong in this sense then. Emacs policy does not replace > > Debian Policy, it enhances it. And Debian Policy is very clear about files > > in /etc. > > I think the situation is: Emacs policy is inadvertently wrong. Emacs > policy should be fixed. Maintainers who are conforming to Emacs > policy should not be blamed for following the rules that they thought > they should follow. Once the emacs policy is fixed, the packages that > use it should then be fixed.
No, they should be blamed. Debian Policy is very blunt in this manner. Files in /etc are configuration files. Files in /etc shipped in debs are conffiles, and must not be modified by scripts. Configuration files(of which conffiles are a subset) must maintain user edits. It's really very plain. You can't ignore one policy in favor of another. Emacs Policy extends Debian Policy, it doesn't subplant it.
