php and me don't get alone... help?

[Jamon Camisso]

Simon wrote:
> To the user it is... if a Debian package installs a default config
> file, the user sees that as the default config.  Gentoo, on the other
> hand, won't install a default config, usually they will install
> instructions along with a well commented config file, and the user
> will have to figure out what they want on their own, since there is no
> default config.

Lots of Debian packages have a packagename-sample.tar.gz in
/usr/share/doc that constitutes the entirety of the default config,
usually just as well commented and configured with just enough to get
the package running. Just depends on the package. Some packages untar
the file into /etc for your convenience.
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