Conffiles and configuration management systems

[James Westby]

On Tue, 4 May 2010 23:36:44 +0200, Soren Hansen <soren at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> There's a blueprint scheduled for UDS to talk about this:
> 
>    https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/server-maverick-conffiles-and-puppet
> 
> What I'd like to get out of this session is feedback on the general
> idea, and if it turns out well, a bunch of notes about how this (or
> whatever we come up with) could be implemented, after which we can take
> it up on the Debian and dpkg-devel mailing lists.

I'd like to bring this summer of code project to your attention:

  http://socghop.appspot.com/gsoc/student_project/show/google/gsoc2010/debian/t127230758020

It doesn't exclude your proposal being implemented, but looking at how
they could interact might be useful.

Thanks,

James