Ingo Schwarze, 24 Dec 2014 11:34: > > now that there is a dedicated place for examples, > > You misunderstand. The point of creating /etc/examples was not > to create a new place for documentation. The point was to be > able to delete lots of junk from /etc/ without being held back > by the substantial work of properly integrating the information > into manual pages.
i understand but disagree. for me /etc/examples is the same concept as /usr/local/share/examples the latter is a great way to not clutter up /etc/ at package install time, but at the same time it does not throw out the baby with the bathwater, and it gives me a file i can quickly start working on (together with the man page) instead of copy-pasting everything ab ovo from documentation, especially when many config files need minimal changes for common operation. example config files can be quite helpful and can save a lot of headache, googling and questions to mailing lists. i think hotplugd is special case, because without at least a skeleton attach script it is utterly useless, and i think there should have been a commented out script file from the beginning under /etc/hotplugd (and not /etc/hotplug). the patch i sent is just an idea, i was fairly sure it would never get it in its current form, but i wanted to start a discussion about it. copying the whole /etc/ structure inside /etc/examples seemed excessive for this, after all they are just examples. last but not least, a whole shell script inside a man page seems totally out of place for me, excessive or not. -f -- 2 wrongs don't make a right - but 3 lefts do!
