I think we shouldn't copy all of conf because we want to create a binary distribution that the user can configure later. It would be confusing for a "distribution" to include a specific configuration.

I think all you have to do is a `mkdir $DISTDIR/conf` and then `cp $FWDIR/conf/*.template $DISTDIR/conf`.

Also just as a note, never leave commented-out code in source files; we can see the changes in a diff.