Bug#264266: Another cron script

Christian Marillat Christian Marillat <marillat@debian.org>, 264266@bugs.debian.org
Tue, 17 Aug 2004 12:23:32 +0200


Josselin Mouette <joss@debian.org> writes:

> Le mardi 17 ao=FBt 2004 =E0 11:51 +0200, Christian Marillat a =E9crit :
>> > This script is completely stupid, it removes all local customization=
 by
>> > the administrator.
>>=20
>> If the administrator wants to change something, this change should be
>> done in a shemas file. And for that reason a shemas file is a
>> configuration file and the idea to move these files to /usr/share is
>> completely stupid.
>
> No. Upstream recommends the sysadmin not to change .schema files, but
> rather to use gconftool. Changing the .schema file is likely to make th=
e
> package break on the next update. Don't assume blindly that this change
> was made without consulting upstream.

With gconftool you can only change configuration per user, with shemas
files you can changes configuration for all users, like configuring a
proxy.

Christian