Bug#874373: RFS: vnstat/1.17-1+nmu1 ITA
2017-10-06 15:00 GMT+02:00 Sven Hoexter <sven@timegate.de>:
> On Fri, Oct 06, 2017 at 02:05:12PM +0200, Christian Göttsche wrote:
>> I uploaded a new package version in which the not upstreamed patches
>> are dropped, the maintainer is set to myself and the vcs fields are
>> updated accordingly.
>> With #874387 Felix is searching for a new maintainer for this package;
>> what are the requirements for me to become such?
>
> Basically just set yourself as the maintainer (the technical part) and
> find a sponsor to review and upload the package (the more social part).
The technical part is done (https://mentors.debian.net/package/vnstat).
For the social part, I hope to find a sponsor with this bug report.
Is there any additional information needed or can I remove the moreinfo tag?
>> Also, I like to ask a technical question:
>> What is the common dealing with state file upon package purge?
>> Vnstat saves the network statistics under /var/lib/vnstat and as this
>> folder is listed in debian/vnstat.install, dpkg warns upon purge
>> operation that this directory cannot be deleted, because it is not
>> empty.
>> Should the directory be emptied in the postrm script or is this
>> warning acceptable?
>
> Should be deleted on purge. I think mariadb packaging nowadays
> has an additional debconf fronted question if you really want to purge
> the database. I personally do not think that the value of vnstat history
> is so huge to implement an additional dialog but YMMV.
>
> Sven
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