Hello debian-policy, iproute2 has moved it's config files that were traditionally at /etc/iproute2 to /usr/lib/iproute2 due to an upstream change. I've tried to convince the maintainer(s) that this is a bad idea in Bug#1051577, when this was shot down I filed Bug#1051847 as severity:serious on the basis of Debian policy section 10.7.2 section 10.7.2. "Configuration files / Location" which states as follows:
> Any configuration files created or used by your package must reside > in /etc. Pretty clear cut in my reading, however this was promptly shot down by Bastian <waldi> with the justification: > No, it does not. The files in /usr are defaults. Those should be copied > to /etc for modification, which is config. Am I going nuts? Somehow long established unix convention and usability doesn't matter anymore and policy doesn't mean what it says? I'd appreciate any input and advice on how to proceed here since I'm new to contributing to Debian outside of packaging :) Thanks, --Daniel
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