On Tue, Feb 27, 2024 at 06:50:56AM +0100, Joachim Zobel wrote: > Hi. > > Thanks for taking the time to review my package. > > Am Donnerstag, dem 22.02.2024 um 22:58 +0100 schrieb Tobias Frost: > > d/postinst / postrm > > - When you create a user, it should start with "_" - see policy > > 9.2.1 > This has been implemented and is on its way, see > https://github.com/volkszaehler/vzlogger/pull/628 > > It was a bit complicated because I need to rename an existing user. > There are installations of the existing native package. I am therefore > unsure if it is good to do this. Going by the letter which is > "When maintainers choose a new hardcoded or dynamically generated > username" the username has already been choosen when the > debian/vzlogger.init script was created. > > Since it is a now or never situation and since the number of existing > installations is still low I tend to rename the user. Any opinions are > appreciated.
If you think the existing user base is large enough, you can also migrate the username, if you detect in your postinst script that you are upgrading from an version with the old username. (This code could then be dropped in trixie+1, assuming the package will be in trixie, of course) > Sincerely, > Joachim >
