Proposed guideline for init script files

[Ralf Corsepius]

On Thu, 2007-03-01 at 09:07 +0100, Nicolas Mailhot wrote:
> Le Mer 28 février 2007 23:47, Michael Schwendt a écrit :
> > On Wed, 28 Feb 2007 22:32:47 +0100, Enrico Scholz wrote:
> >
> >> >> /etc is the classical location for configuration files and I
> >> >> *expect* that I can edit things there resp. that my changes are
> >> >> not lost silently.
> >> >
> >> > /etc contains things, such as GConf2 schema files, which you are not
> >> > supposed to edit.
> >>
> >> Then, they do not belong into /etc and should be moved out it.
> >
> > Even if they contain configuration related defaults?
> 
> Configuration reference files belong in /usr/share with optional
> overloading in /etc. 

That's too strong. It's an option applicable to arch-independent and
machine-independent configuration files, if ...

> Makes it easier to everyone.
... a package supports it (not all do).

Ralf