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Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2002 09:57:18 +0100
From: James Tait <JTait@wyrddreams.demon.co.uk>
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FWIW... I, as a user, agree wholeheartedly with this approach.  If I've 
taken the time out to write web pages then I don't want them clobbered when 
I upgrade Apache.  In the same way, if I've taken the time out to configure 
Apache the way I want it, I don't want that configuration clobbered when I 
upgrade.  Nor do I want spurious -std files copying in there to confuse 
matters.

I like to think of it this way:  while I'm controlling a machine, I'll keep 
thorough documentation of its configuration.  When I leave and Joe Bloggs 
takes over and upgrades Apache, my documentation will have no record of 
httpd.conf-std and such-like.  Why risk confusing people by adding more 
clutter to an already-working directory?

Just my tuppence worth.


Ryan Bloom wrote:
> The conf/ directory is mine as a user.  An initial installation copies
> some default files around, because that is nice for us to do.
> Subsequent installations should leave the directory alone, because that
> directory is mine.  The same way we leave the cgi-bin, htdocs, and error
> directories alone.  The only thing an upgrade should do, is to touch
> binaries and manuals.  Everything else is owned by the user.


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| James Tait                         | ICQ# 17834893                      |
| MUD programmer and Linux advocate  | http://www.wyrddreams.demon.co.uk/ |
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