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From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH iproute2] Add support for rt_tables.d
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2015 15:23:33 -0800
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On Wed, 18 Nov 2015 11:03:20 -0800
David Ahern <dsa@cumulusnetworks.com> wrote:

> Add support for reading table id/name mappings from rt_tables.d
> directory.
> 
> Signed-off-by: David Ahern <dsa@cumulusnetworks.com>
> ---
>  lib/rt_names.c | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 18 insertions(+)

This is a useful concept, and I am for incorporating it in the future.

The consensus practice for other utility is to a '.conf' suffix which
allows for README.

Probably should also ship a README file in the package.