Re: Removal of data on purge (Was: OpenMRS package is ready, I believe)
On Wed, Oct 06, 2010 at 08:05:31AM +0200, Andreas Tille wrote:
> Yes, there is. At installation time you can ask in the configure script
> whether the databases should be deleted on a purge.
While, in principle, a good idea -- at install time I don't
have a clue as to whether I am going to want to purge the
data when I purge the package three years later.
I do really think what's needed for this is a question in
postrm.
> If you set this as default and make the question low priority users who
> are not have set debconf to expert mode will not even see the question
> and will go with the default behaviour which is leaving the data
> untouched (except they tweak the config file manually afterwards at
> their own risk).
That makes good sense and is probably a good compromise
given the situation.
Karsten
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