Bug#563543: We could provided configuration option for this.

[Mark Hobley]

> 
> We could have provided a configuration option for this,
> allowing users to choose the behaviour that they desire,
> rather than just closing the bug.
> 
> Closing bugs like this means we need to fork the project to
> fix this, rather than having developers work collaboratively
> on improving single packages.
> 
> Mark.
>