another update for those interested: http://people.debian.org/~seanius/policy/dbapp-policy.html deb http://people.debian.org/~seanius/policy/examples/ ./ deb-src http://people.debian.org/~seanius/policy/examples/ ./ i've incorporated many of the changes discussed in the related d-d threads into the document, as well as into the database-common skeleton package. i've also added a section to the online document for a proposed installation/removal process, which outlines in much more detail the process of configuring/installing/upgrading/removing databases. input is very much appreciated for this, as it will be the foundation for the rest of the code. > what's lacking: > - the blocks of code for the .*config, .*inst and .*rm files, which > could be provided in a set of wrapper scripts to be sourced by the > individual packages. > - possibly a debhelper-like package to automatically add these blocks > of code still needs to be done, though i think it's better if we can settle on what exactly we want it to do before we go and do it. > - a demonstration package using this i'm about half way done with a proof of concept source package that will generate a generic, mysql, and postgresql version of an example database application to test this stuff out. > - further amendments to the "best practices" document based on developer > feedback. still accepting input! > - templates for pgsql and other database setups (currently only some > common templates and the mysql-centric ones) thanks to oliver for the postgre stuff. > - translations probably better to wait until the questions solidify themselves before we ask for help with this. sean --
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