Re: Supported upgrade path
On Fri, Nov 17, 2006 at 03:41:53PM +0100, Luigi Gangitano wrote:
> Il giorno 17/nov/06, alle ore 15:19, Marco d'Itri ha scritto:
> >On Nov 17, Luigi Gangitano <luigi@debian.org> wrote:
> >>Since Debian doesn't support, nor test, upgrades from versions older
> >>than the stable-1 version is it correct to remove upgrade checks for
> >>versions older than the one in stable-1?
> >It depends on how much important is your package and what happens
> >after
> >you remove these checks.
> >If really ugly things would happen then I suggest you make preinst
> >fail
> >if the installed version is too old.
> No, mostly these check are for obsoleted options in configuration
> file. Worst thing that can happen is that the daemon won't start
> anymore until the configuration is fixed.
Since a user might, for instance, remove your package in stable-2 without
purging it and then reinstall it in stable, configuration files would
legitimately be left around from the old version and there may be some
benefit to users if you keep the upgrade support in place.
Cheers,
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