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Re: RFC: common database policy/infrastracture



On Tue, Oct 19, 2004 at 05:19:47PM +0200, martin f krafft wrote:
> 1. I would set the default of the "leave data after purge" to true
>    and give it priority high.

i guess i had forgotten to update the page on this one (someone
else had requested this too).  it should be updated now.

> 2. I am not sure what you mean by "maintainer script". prerm and
>    preinst should not ask questions. they are there to enact values
>    stored in the debconf cache. config, on the other hand, should
>    not make changes but only direct the user through the questions.

i'm not quite sure what i meant either.  i think it was a blurring
of two different things (when debconf should prompt and when the
info should be acted upon) and some late night typing to blame for
it.  i've removed it entirely, since the information is now better
described in another part of the document, about which i'll be soon
sending an update.


	sean

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