Is the missing /etc/default/ddclient file a bug or not?

[Derek Broughton]

Adam Funk wrote:

> I noticed that the /etc/init.d/ddclient script expects to find an
> /etc/default/ddclient file, which the ddclient package does not
> provide, and filed a bug report [1] for it, but the report was marked
> invalid because the package contains a sample /etc/ddclient.conf file.
> 
> In my experience, packages that use both a default and a config file
> provide samples of both.  Am I wrong?

ime, packages that _expect_ a /etc/default/ file, create it.  I'm sure
that's not universal, but imo it's OK not to create the actual config file,
but it should at least stick a skeleton into /etc/default if it needs it.
-- 
derek