Bug#705077: 0ad: Configuration file *must* be under /etc

[Martin Quinson]

On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 05:44:56PM +0200, Ansgar Burchardt wrote:
> On 04/10/2013 08:45, Martin Quinson wrote:
> > On Tue, Apr 09, 2013 at 10:32:01PM -0700, Vincent Cheng wrote:
> > If they are templates, they must go to /usr/share/doc. But that's not
> > true: when I edit this file, and relaunch the game, I see the
> > difference applied in the game. I did this:
> 
> No, files that are used by the program (for example when it uses them as
> a base for a file in ~/.config) must *not* be in /usr/share/doc.

I meant "template" as in "example of file that you could copy and
adapt", explaining that I argumented that they are no templates since
the program use them.

> > and then the game starts in windowed mode. The fact that ~/.0ad config
> > files override /etc/ files seems quite usual to me, but do not change
> > my feeling about config files out of /etc.
> 
> As far as I know having default configurations in /usr that are
> overriden by files in /etc or $HOME is allowed by the FHS. As long as
> users are not supposed to change them at least.

What bother me is that it is impossible to provide system-wide
configuration in /etc. I have to use /usr for that.

Or maybe I misunderstood the thing, and these file can be placed and
edited in /etc also, restoring the good old hierarchy of overrides
 [/usr]  ->  /etc  ->  ~

I have the feeling that there is no system wide *conffile* in which I
could specify that I want a windowed mode so that my edit don't get
erased when the package is reinstalled. This seems to be a violation
of the whole 10.7 section of the policy, particularly 10.7.2:

| Any configuration files created or used by your package must reside
| in /etc. If there are several, consider creating a subdirectory of
| /etc named after your package.
|
| If your package creates or uses configuration files outside of /etc,
| and it is not feasible to modify the package to use /etc directly,
| put the files in /etc and create symbolic links to those files from
| the location that the package requires. 

Bye, Mt.

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