[Bug 394093] Re: branding-ubuntu should use config-package-dev

[Evan Broder]

** Description changed:

  Binary package hint: branding-ubuntu
  
  branding-ubuntu currently uses hand-written maintainer scripts to create
  and remove dpkg-diversions at install and uninstall time.
  
- config-package-dev (http://debathena.mit.edu/config-packages/) was
- created to simplify packages that do exactly that (albeit with slightly
- different paths). We created config-package-dev at MIT for the Debathena
- Project (http://debathena.mit.edu/), and it's currently used in 45
- separate packages distributed as part of our small distribution.
+ config-package-dev was created to simplify packages that do exactly that
+ (albeit with slightly different paths). We created config-package-dev at
+ MIT in January of 2008 for the Debathena Project
+ (http://debathena.mit.edu/), and it's currently used in 45 separate
+ packages distributed as part of our small distribution. config-package-
+ dev has been in the Ubuntu archives since Intrepid. The package's
+ homepage is at <http://debathena.mit.edu/config-packages/>.
  
  Files that are configured by packages using config-package-dev are
  installed to the same location as the file they replace, but with a
  suffix. For example, to replace /usr/share/gnome-
  games/gnometris/pixmaps/gnometris.svg, you could install your
  replacement to /usr/share/gnome-
  games/gnometris/pixmaps/gnometris.ubuntu.svg.
  
  At installtime, the postinst (which is automatically generated by
  config-package-dev) diverts gnometris.svg to gnometris.ubuntu-orig.svg,
  and symlinks gnometris.svg to your gnometris.ubuntu.svg. This entire
  process is undone by the (similarly autogenerated) prerm script when the
  package is uninstalled, leaving configured files in the exact state they
  were in before the package was installed.
  
  http://debathena.mit.edu/config-packages/#philosophy and
  http://debathena.mit.edu/config-packages/#architecture contain more
  background information which may be useful.
  
  I've updated the branding-ubuntu package to use config-package-dev. My
  version is attached. You now only have to edit one file to add new
  branding files. I think this is a huge benefit for future
  maintainability of the package.
  
  The Debathena team and I have extensive experience using config-package-
  dev, and would be glad to provide any assistance we can.

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branding-ubuntu should use config-package-dev
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