Re: [ANNOUNCE] autofs 5.0.1 rc3 release candidate

[Guillaume Rousse <Guillaume.Rousse@inria.fr>]

Also sprach Jeff Moyer:
> ==> On Wed, 17 Jan 2007 11:59:49 +0100, Guillaume Rousse <Guillaume.Rousse@inria.fr> said:
> 
> Guillaume> - autofs-5.0.1-rc3-separate-config-files.patch split configuration in
> Guillaume> two parts, one for the automount daemon, one for the automount init script
> 
> What is the purpose of this?
Well, to mimic standard setup for all other services.

I also think separating vendor-specific parts, such as init scripts,
from upstream parts, such as main daemon configuration, make life easier
for both parts.

It's easier for packagers to provide vendor-specific customisation
without side effects (I'd prefer avoiding to add a
USE_MDV_SPECIFIC_FEATURE_X in autofs configuration). And it avoid
upstream maintainer to provide vendor-targeted switches, such as
--where-do-you-want-the-automount-configuration-to-be-installed, as this
 standard (%sysconfdir).