On 2007-02-27 16:37:21 -0800, Steve Langasek wrote: > Policy requires that packages preserve local changes to > *configuration files*. What you're asking for is that packages be > required unconditionally to preserve *application behavior*.
No, this is not what I'm asking for. I really mean configuration (as long as the option exists and has the same meaning, of course). > In the case of bug #412159 I agree it's a bug to delete a symlink > that the user has created by hand. Note that the symlink status wasn't changed by hand, but via debconf, when I changed the local configuration with dpkg-reconfigure. -- Vincent Lefèvre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Web: <http://www.vinc17.org/> 100% accessible validated (X)HTML - Blog: <http://www.vinc17.org/blog/> Work: CR INRIA - computer arithmetic / Arenaire project (LIP, ENS-Lyon)
