Please place config.json in the Debian package somewhere under /etc

[paulvt]

Steps to reproduce

1. Install the Debian package as described on https://element.io/download

Outcome

What did you expect?

I'd expect the configuration file config.json to be under /etc/element-web or /etc/element-io (or something).
It should be there and maybe just linked to /usr/share/element-web/config.json.
(This is how I had it deployed before the Debian package came into being. Thanks for that!)

What happened instead?

The configuration is under /usr/share/element-web/config.json and thus not manageable by configuration management tools like etckeeper.

Operating system

Debian 12

Browser information

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URL for webapp

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Application version

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Homeserver

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Will you send logs?

No

[paulvt]

This would also have the advantage that config.sample.json could be shipped so I can find out what's new in the config. (Although that should also preferably with the README be under /usr/share/doc/element-web.)

[t3chguy]

/etc/element-web/config.json and /usr/share/doc/element-web are great suggestions - thanks

This would also have the advantage that config.sample.json could be shipped so I can find out what's new in the config.

/usr/share/element-web/config.json is already set up as a conffile, so whenever the config.sample.json changes you'll be shown the diff as part of an apt upgrade

[paulvt]

Yes, right, I used to go for a vimdiff before but I guess dpkg will handle that now. I saw that it was already marked as a conffile indeed.

[paulvt]

As a side note:
It might be nice to have a "Running from Debian/Ubuntu" in the README and install this to the docs.
Or have and install a separate README.Debian to help the user with: I installed it, now what?
But that's a different issue than this one 😉

[t3chguy]

Yeah this is still very early days, it only shipped mere hours ago :)