On Mon, 1 Feb 2016 13:13:43 +0000
Simon Hobson <linux@???> wrote:

> Florian Zieboll <f.zieboll@???> wrote:
>
> > As with any of these newish "*.d/" folders, you can just
> >
> > $ cat apt.conf.d/* > apt.conf && rm -r apt.conf.d/
> >
> > without any consequences regarding the configuration. AFAIU this is
> > all about easier deployment (and automated removal) of
> > configurations - like hitting some button on a shady website to add
> > distribution independent repositories to the sources.list.
> >
> > (...)
>
> So overall I think this is "a good thing" - even though it does have
> one or two downsides.

Don't get me wrong, I didn't want to say that it's a "bad thing" - just
give an (perhaps somewhat polemic) example of its practical usage :)