>>>>> "Kumar" == Kumar Appaiah <a.kumar@alumni.iitm.ac.in> writes:

Hi Kumar,

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

Yes, it sounds sane, it's just that I would prefer get rid of this
useless file... I should have been more careful about this configuration
file when I uploaded nethack-el 1:0.95.5-1, it would have avoided this
mess.

Cheers,
Arnaud Fontaine