[Pkg-phototools-devel] Bug#531978: Bug#531978: libgphoto2: Please modernize udev rules

[Martin Pitt]

Hello Cyril,

Cyril Brulebois [2009-06-07  1:09 +0200]:
> I might wait until a new upstream release is issued, though

Sure, that's fine. No particular hurry, I just wanted to let you know
about the current plans, as well as check if you have any concerns.

> Oh, hell. udev location finally chosen for real?! :p

Let's see what's more fashionable next year :-) But seriously, this
will stick around for a while.

> I'm now wondering what to do with customizations that might have
> happened over the time with the various conffiles that were shipped.
> Trashing them might lose valuable customization. It looks like some sort
> of user tweaking goes away with stuff being shipped through
> /lib/udev/rules.d; or maybe stuff in /etc is still considered?

Yes, /etc/udev/rules.d/ is still considered and preferred. In fact the
current split now makes it easier to customize: Packages only ship
stuff in /lib/udev/rules.d/ and thus don't have to mess with dpkg
conffile questions, and the user can add her own rules to /etc/.

> (Damn, some day we'll get “nice” maintainer scripts and rules files?)

In fact I think that except for some "old files" cleanup in postinst
(which we need to keep around until the squeeze release) we don't need
any maintainer script at all any more. \o/

Martin

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Martin Pitt                        | http://www.piware.de
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