Re: [Guidelines Change] Changes to the Packaging Guidelines

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On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 12:56 PM, Peter Lemenkov <lemenkov@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 2012/8/3 Lennart Poettering <mzerqung@xxxxxxxxxxx>:
>> On Wed, 01.08.12 15:28, Tom Callaway (tcallawa@xxxxxxxxxx) wrote:
>>
>>> A new section on Macros has been added to the Packaging Guidelines,
>>> covering Packaging of Additional RPM Macros.
>>>
>>> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Guidelines#Packaging_of_Additional_RPM_Macros
>>
>> What's the rationale behind having these in /etc? This is hardly user
>> configuration, and only ever used if people build their own RPMs. We
>> really should try harder not to clutter /etc with stuff that is not
>> configuration.
>>
>> Why not have this somewhere below /usr?
>
> Agree. We should install them into /usr/lib/rpm.

Exactly. Static stuff installed by packages should not land in /etc.
It's a pain on updates when it's marked as config, and stuff goes
wrong all the time, because things in /etc invite everybody to edit
it, and boom. We really should try hard to leave /etc to the admin,
and not the OS vendor.

And just in case that this will come up: all the bad prior art in /etc
should not be a reason to continue that road, it's not the right way,
and we can do better, and need to do better. :)

Thanks,
Kay
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