On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 4:53 PM, Nicolas Sebrecht <nsebrecht@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > > BTW, my point is what kind of upgrade can you reasonably expect for > such files, which you don't reply to. I can't see the future. 2 years ago would anyone have suggested the current arrangement? > >> If the files are grouped together in a 'default-confs' package, if for >> any reason upstream changes any one of them, all the rest would >> generate a .pacnew > > Which remains to my previous point: what kind of reason could require an > update for such files ? > > As a side note upstream is arch maintainers, here. My understanding is that the conf file locations (and contents) are synchronized between distros. A side-effect of systemd. Hence I don't believe Arch is upstream in this case. I do not know what sort of reason could require an update. I also would not bet on the files being in the same form and at the same location forever.
