Bug#874373: RFS: vnstat/1.17-1+nmu1 ITA
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).
> 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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