[Bug 1194074] Re: Default index.html blindly overwritten

[Robie Basak]

> Will Ubuntu fix the package, or does it need to be done by the Debian
maintainer?

Whether it needs "fixing" or not is a matter of debate. Personally, I
agree with you, but this isn't a reason in itself to make a change. I
would prefer to see consensus across Debian and Ubuntu, and am unwilling
to advocate a change in Ubuntu's nginx packaging against Debian's
opinion on this point.

Since Ubuntu follows Debian's direction by default, this needs to be
taken up in Debian in the first instance. If you want to argue the
point, then I suggest that you do it in the Debian bug.

Failing this, I think we need a specific reason to diverge in Ubuntu (as
opposed to just a reason why Debian is wrong), since this commits Ubuntu
developers to increased ongoing maintenance, and commits users to
confusion because the two behave differently.

Is there perhaps some kind of middle ground? What if Debian shipped a
README in /usr/share/nginx/www/ which prominently states that the
directory will be overwritten on upgrade?

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