Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make
Ubuntu better.
Based on your explanation, the "official" packaging for openvpn in
Ubuntu uses /etc/openvpn. It's the distribution packaging that gets to
choose the configuration file layout, so this isn't a bug per se, and
nor does a difference in external packaging being different necessarily
mean that a distribution must change to comply. I understand though that
it does help if the ecosystem as a whole uses the same layouts, so there
is some merit to seeking a change.
However, changing configuration layout is not easy, since users often
have customisations and these will often break if we go around
rearranging things in packaging updates. The trade-off is a judgement
call the package maintainers need to make.
Ubuntu derives its packaging from Debian, so by default follows what
Debian does in respect of the location of configuration files. If the
Debian openvpn maintainer decides to rearrange the configuration file
layout, then Ubuntu will likely follow. You might therefore want to
contact Debian to see what their opinion is on the configuration file
layout and if they are willing to change it.
But given the regression risk involved in rearranging things that might
then break users on release upgrade, I don't think this is worth
changing in Ubuntu directly, and so I'm marking this bug Won't Fix.
If there's some specific problem with openvpn packaging in Ubuntu that
affects Ubuntu users of the Ubuntu openvpn packaging, please file a
separate bug with details.
** Changed in: openvpn (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Won't Fix
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Update the package to look for configuration files in
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