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On 2006-09-11 at 20:30 -0400, Michael Cummings wrote: |
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> Ciaran McCreesh wrote: |
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> > * If no existing file with the intended target name exists, or if the existing |
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> > file has identical content to the file to be installed, the file to be installed |
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> > is installed as normal. |
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> Just one poor dev's opinion, but I prefer it when these files are |
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> created as .sample's or examples. |
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.sample or .example files are not related with configuration protection |
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and as it was already decided on such files should go |
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into /usr/share/doc. |
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> Invariably there is some tweaking that needs to be done to the file, |
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> even when it's the initial version of the file. |
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And this breaks General guidelines in gentoo developer handbook: |
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"Your package, when complete and unmasked, is supposed to "just work" |
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for the end-user. Tweaking the installed product to get it to work |
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should be optional; thus you need to install the package with reasonable |
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default settings." |
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Regards, |
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Peter. |