On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 02:18:40PM +0200, Arnaud Fontaine wrote:
> Before I maintain nethack-el, it was not relying on dh_installemacsen
> and startup file was installed as /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50nethack.el.
> However, it now relies on dh_installemacsen and the file is now
> installed as /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50nethack-el.el, that's why I got
> this bug report.
>
> I think that just renaming the file from 50nethack.el to 50nethack-el.el
> is not the best solution as the former file may be still there for
> unstable/testing users and it would wipe possible modifications done in
> 50nethack-el.el. I'm wondering how I could handle that?

As maintainer, it is for you to decide, or query the release managers
in charge of the goal[1]. However, the short answer is that the goal
is to have the Etch version installed -> upgrade to sid/lenny ->
subsequent purge remove all the files belonging to the
package. Therefore, my recommendation would be to purge the file when
the purge command is given, if the file exists. That way, you are
allowed to keep the file during the upgrade, but remove it only during
purge.

Does this sound sane?

Thanks.

Kumar

[1]: http://release.debian.org/lenny/goals.txt
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Kumar Appaiah