Core packages are using %config for files being installed under /usr

[Nicolas Mailhot]

Le Ven 2 mars 2007 08:43, Laurent Rineau a écrit :
> On Friday 02 March 2007 04:32:13 Ralf Corsepius wrote:
>> >  "/usr is the second major section of the filesystem. /usr is
>> >  shareable, read-only data.
>>
>> At one point in time, at "use-time".
>>
>> This doesn't mean the data on /usr is inaccessible to a maintainer, nor
>> does this mean /usr to be "vendor-exclusive", nor does this mean /usr
>> not to be customizable.
>
> I agree with Ralf. A read-only filesystem is not read-only for the system
> administrator: it can be turned read-write during administration stages,
> for upgrades and configurations.

read-only means hardware read-only in some cases.
That means anything the admin must be able to change has no place there
Therefore any %config in /usr is very optionnal stuff. The value of
allowing %config in /usr over making clear one should not depend on a rw
/usr can be debated.

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Nicolas Mailhot