Package: smokeping Version: 2.3.2-1 Severity: normal I'm adding two new variables to the "don't touch" section of the configuration file for the next version, and they really need to get into everybody's configs for things to continue working.
I'm sure that just about everybody is by now used to keeping their own local changes when dpkg prompts for a config change, because they have to edit the same file to define their targets. I think it's high time to split the config file. My current plan goes like this: - we ship a new version of /etc/smokeping/config that @include's one file per each section in /etc/smokeping/config.d - etc/smokeping/config.d/General has a further @include /usr/share/smokeping/config.pathnames or somesuch, and the "don't touch section" is placed there - the preinst of the new version handles upgrades by splitting the current configuration into separate files and creating them in config.d/. This way, users upgrading will get a prompt for the new /etc/smokeping/config, and another one for each section they have modified. It's possible that the config.d/ files must be handled with ucf, as dpkg may consider them new even if the preinst already created identical versions of them. Jose, please comment if you see a flaw here. Cheers, -- Niko -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
