On Mon, Nov 19, 2001 at 07:37:35AM -0800, Chuck Esterbrook wrote:
> On Friday 16 November 2001 08:05 am, Geoff Talvola wrote:
> > I feel that install.py shouldn't modify any files that are under source
> > control. ?I'm fine with it creating _new_ files however.
> 
> I forget which files it modifies. Can you refresh my memory?

I missed the connection between this and whatever the original
problem was.  However, it *is* true that it's inconvenient to 
upgrade Webware or do a CVS update on it because that creates
conflicts in your configuration files.  One strategy I've seen
in other software is to not distribute the *config files but
instead distribute *config-dist files.  That way the user is
forced to copy and modify the files the first time, and when
she upgrades, she can at her leisure compare the current
default file with the previous and make changes to her
files.

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