On Wed, 14 Jan 2009 13:49:22 -0500 "Jamin W. Collins" <jcollins@asgardsrealm.net> wrote: > Marvin Renich wrote: > > * Harald Braumann <harry@unheit.net> [090113 05:47]: > >> > >> AFAIK, there's no way for multiple independent packages for using > >> the same user. So jabber-muc needs to create its own user. On > >> update, that's no problem. The post-install script can chown the > >> package's directories for the new user. But a downgrade would then > >> not be possible. The old version couldn't access the directories. > >> > >> Is there precedence for such a situation? How can it be resolved? > >> > >> Cheers, > >> harry > > > > BTW, are you coordinating this with the current jabber-muc > > maintainer (CC'ed in case he is not subscribed)? > Sorry, I should have coordinated this with Jamin from the beginning, but I needed the package quickly, so I built it my own. > I'm not subscribed, haven't been following the lists for a while. The > old package should probably be removed completely in favor of the new. I'll file a bug report with a pointer to my sources. There have been very recent changes in upstream's source repository (http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/mu-conference/trunk/), so it seems it's not dead, after all. Jamin: are you still willing to maintain that package? I can help with packaging, but I'm not a DD myself. Cheers, harry
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