Hi Deri, > Is the download file expected to be immutable?
If it's shipped inside the package then yes, so that debsums(1) can test it hasn't been changed. Ditto with other packaging formats AIUI. > How do packagers deal with configuration files which are intended to > be editable by users? A ...local file that's also read, or more often these days a download.d directory where each file within it at the top level is processed in a defined order. See run-parts(8) for an example. -- Cheers, Ralph.