Re: Removal of data on purge (Was: OpenMRS package is ready, I believe)
Andreas and Karsten:
Thank you both for your wonderful comments.
I have asked Ben Wolfe, one of the lead OpenMRS developers, his viewpoint,
as the two of you seem to have slightly differing advice.
I have actually already made a 1.6.1-2 and uploaded to Debian mentors with
the following changes:
* Change OpenMRS description to not use first person
* Purge OpenMRS database in postrm script if possible
* Update patch that allows specification of the runtime properties
directory
to match version in OpenMRS trunk
But I will ask you please to defer any uploads until I am able to resolve
this with Ben.
Thank you
Misha
Karsten Hilbert wrote:
>
> On Tue, Oct 05, 2010 at 10:17:37AM -0700, misha680 wrote:
>
>> So here's the OpenMRS story - perhaps you have some opinions, but I see
>> this
>> as paralleling gnumed, specifically:
>> * when we _install_ the package, _no_ databases are created
>> * when we _purge_ the package, _no_ databases are erased
>>
>> The databases themselves are created by the user in the initial setup
>> wizard
>> that they run by going to
>> http://localhost:8080/openmrs
>
> So they are user content. Absolutely. Don't delete them.
>
> This is very much like deleting user home pages when
> deinstalling Apache.
>
>> p.s. From a programming viewpoint, we could certainly removed the
>> databases.
>> However, from a practical viewpoint, I am guessing that not all OpenMRS
>> implementers are 100% experts in computers and Linux. I could easily see
>> someone getting confused, purging a package, and then being whoops all my
>> medical records are gone! forever...
>
> Absolutely ! Don't. Or if at all - offer an option to do
> so, have the user confirm at least twice with BIG FAT
> warnings and still stow away a secret backup somewhere.
>
>> p.p.s. I just checked and even purging mysql does not actually remove
>> database data:
>
> Same with PostgreSQL.
>
> Karsten
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