[csw-pkgsubmissions] newpkgs bar

[Dagobert Michelsen]

Hi Phil,

Am 04.05.2011 um 19:19 schrieb Philip Brown:
> On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 4:01 AM, Dagobert Michelsen <dam at opencsw.org> wrote:
>> Am 29.04.2011 um 17:21 schrieb Philip Brown:
>>> You didnt really answer my questions. Let me simplify and repeat:
>>> what percentage of bar users, do you think will actually WANT to
>>> modify the rc file?
>> 
>> I don't know.
>> 
>>> And there is a related question: is the rc file most likely to be
>>> host-specific, or site-wide specific?
>> 
>> I don't know either.
>> 
>> If in doubt, provide the file in the default location.
> 
> seems like you did not bother to actually examine the file, and are
> just packaging "on autopilot".

No, I do not. I have manually grabbed the file from the documentation
and provided the file as example.

> This is not a good thing.
> 
> I have taken the extra time and hassle, to look at the file myself.
> Its contents are trivial. purely cosmetic.

Yes. That's what bar does. Cosmetic stuff on a pipe.

> example:
> 
> # twiddle-background: normal
> # twiddle-bold: no
> 
> I would like to ask you revert to the prior maintainer's wisdom,

That was not wisdom, the previous package was broken and I deliberately
crafted that file.

> remove it from /etc/opt/csw and put it in /opt/csw/share/doc/bar as
> merely an example
> 
> Clutter in /etc is a bug, not a feature.

This is again a non-policy issue. Please release the package.


Best regards

  -- Dago