Bug#182405: tetex-bin: no need for jadetex stuff in /etc/texmf/texmf.d
Atsuhito Kohda <kohda@pm.tokushima-u.ac.jp> writes:
> By the way, please use the filename 96jadetex.cnf
> if possible.
Oh, ok.
> Our policy is (not official yet but)
>
> Filenames of files in /etc/texmf/texmf.d/
> They should be, for example 34foo.cnf, that is, with only lower case letters.
> Upper case was reserved only for tetex-bin. This is not "must" condition
> but this will make it easy for a user to find which files are basic and
> which are additional.
You might want to go further and specify they are ##packagename.cnf .
> They should be configuration files but not conffiles. If not, even after
> removing your package, unnecessary entries will remain in texmf.cnf, so
> this is critical. And you should rename them at removing and should
> remove them at purging (and then, of course you should run
> update-texmf).
Rename them to what?
Why do I have to have all this apparatus of configuration file but not
conffile? That adds a lot of work and maintenance for me. What is
the harm if there are some jadetex settings which are ignored in
texmf.cnf ?
> # I posted this to debian-devel lists sometimes ago.
I don't read that list.
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