Re: Bug#193439: emacsen-common: debian-emacs-policy and package setup in conffile

2003-06-11 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Wed, 11 Jun 2003 09:45:51 +0200, Kai Großjohann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Sure. Autoloads don't count as configuration in my book either. If >> that's all you need, then putting the script outside of /etc is >> fine. > Good. >> But load-path

Re: Bug#193439: emacsen-common: debian-emacs-policy and package setup in conffile

2003-06-11 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Wed, 11 Jun 2003 09:40:24 +0200, Kai Großjohann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> A, this is against policy; users need to be able to modify _all_ >> configuration matter. > But it is not configuration matter. It is simply required for > getting the

Re: Bug#193439: emacsen-common: debian-emacs-policy and package setup in conffile

2003-06-11 Thread Kai Großjohann
Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Sure. Autoloads don't count as configuration in my book > either. If that's all you need, then putting the script outside of > /etc is fine. Good. > But load-path modifications are indeed configuration issues, Really? It's like pass

Re: Bug#193439: emacsen-common: debian-emacs-policy and package setup in conffile

2003-06-11 Thread Kai Großjohann
Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > A, this is against policy; users need to be able to modify > _all_ configuration matter. But it is not configuration matter. It is simply required for getting the package to work at all. It doesn't make sense for users to remove it or change

/etc/emacs/site-start.d and removing packages

2003-06-11 Thread Kai Großjohann
A number of suggestions have been made, including some that frob files in /etc/emacs/site-start.d to check if "their" package is still installed. IMHO this is the wrong approach. My suggestion: * Put files somewhere under /usr that make sure that each package works, such as via autoloads and s