Separate Common Config from Distro-specific

[motokochan]

One thing I see that sometimes causes issues is that each distribution has a full copy of configuration data, even if the exact same file is in each distribution folder.

This situation has several problems:

• Fixes or changes to a configuration file require the developer to remember to update all copies of the file.
• The extra copies add to the size of the download package. A few k isn't much, but multiply by the file count and supported distros - that grows fast!
  

Establishing a common configuration area has some advantages:

• Only managing distro-specific files helps make sure that updates are caught
• Keeping only distro-specific files in the distro directories can promote porting as it will ease the process and hopefully help accepting ports in the central repository.
  

What do you all think? I wouldn't mind helping with an effort to do that, it'll help with my server admin job so I might be able to get time to help during my work hours.