As I understand it httpd.conf is one of the files that might be alterd and overwritten in an update (part of the reason for all of the indiividual domain.com.conf files) so the less you edit that the better.
Would you warn updaters that it was going to happen if it did? I for one edit these things locally and keep copies of both the original and edited file but a lot of people do it from the shell.
We would obviously try, and I’d proceed as if we were going to edit them. If/when we do we’ll obvioulsy try to not overwrite any changes but simply alter the values we’re interested in and keep all else the same.
For that the record, I mentioned this because I thought I remembered Chris or somebody saying this somewhere. I try not to assume these things, especially when I am talkint to other users