[arch-general] systemd native files in etc

[Stephen E. Baker]

On 23/08/2012 4:41 PM, Ike Devolder wrote:
> Op donderdag 23 augustus 2012 16:14:26 schreef Qadri:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Given all the hullabaloo about systemd I thought I'd try it out. I went to
>> the wiki and saw that it has listed several "native systemd configuration
>> files" that it looks for, and if they're absent, it takes info from
>> rc.conf. It's "strongly advised" (by the wiki) to use the native files.
>>
>> Is there a package that provides these /etc files, like hostname,
>> vconsole.conf, locale.conf? It feels weird creating untracked files in
>> /etc. Is there interest in an aur package (e.g. systemd_etc_files) that I
>> could make with all the many comments and options that are essentially in
>> the rc.conf (or other files)? What package will eventually provide these?
>>
>> MAQ.
> No there is no package providing those files.
>
> why ?
>
> if arch would provide you with defaults every time the defaults get updated
> you would get *.pacnew files in your etc. since those files are depending on
> your system and are user choice it would not be good to provide those.
>
> so please don't create an AUR package providing those files.
>
> --Ike
This logic never applied before.  mirrorlist, locale.gen, and many other 
files are always configured and included in packages.  I don't 
necessarily mind the decision but I can't believe it was that simple.  
Was there any discussion about this somewhere?

Stephen E. Baker