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Right now every package that installs files under /etc/gconf/schemas gets a complaint from rpmlint that these files should be marked %config, however I've been doing some research on this and the general opinion seems to be the exact opposite, they should never be marked %config, as they are not to be edited! So rpmlint should check and warn for the reverse, for files under /etc/gconf/schemas, being marked %config, as they shouldn't be.
If they're not to be edited, wouldn't /usr/... be a more appropriate install location?
I've been thinking about that myself too, and I think it might, I'm sure there is a good reason to put them under /etc though. Maybe we should first let the FPC say something usefull about this?
Sure. Since you've done some ground work on it, would you mind posting to fedora-packaging (or -devel) to get opinions why they're installed in /etc/gconf in the first place?
FWIW, see also http://burtonini.com/computing/gnome-policy-20050123.html#id2447554 Dunno about the status of that doc, whether it's Debian's official policy or not. They do appear to package schemas into /usr/share/gconf/schemas though.
(In reply to comment #3) > Sure. Since you've done some ground work on it, would you mind posting to > fedora-packaging (or -devel) to get opinions why they're installed in /etc/gconf > in the first place? Done.
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This bug still applies, the issue has been discussed on the devel-list, but as far as I remember, there wasn't a clear resolution.
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AFAIK this is still relevant changing version to rawhide.
Right. But I don't remember seeing compelling evidence or even opinions that the schemas would really belong in /etc; on the contrary, AIUI just about everyone agrees that it's not the correct place for them and there are even some hints of movement in possibly moving them to /usr/share: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/GConf_Scriptlets_(draft) If/when that happens, rpmlint should already now be doing the right thing. Therefore, closing as not a bug.