Hello Martin, On Mon, Feb 14, 2005 at 06:07:10PM +0100, Martin Pitt wrote: > Hi Helge! > > Helge Kreutzmann [2005-02-12 16:50 +0100]: > > Hello, > > Up to now I held off the upgrade because I expected you to provide me > > with details or ask for tests. Unfortunately, the machine I ran this > > on recently started to have troubles so I will most likly not be able > > to test this anymore. > > > > A response would have been nice, though. (and, of course, still is) > > Uh, I thought your bug was entirely about cosmetic issues and would > not actually stop you from upgrading.
Well, as I understood, debconf asked me as if I installed a *new*
postgresql. So I was a little disturbed, because I have data in my
database which I did not intend to loose.
Then I said to myself: Ok, this is a standard text shown always, I
don't have to take it too literal. But the next question put all
alarming signs on:
Should the data be purged as well as the package files?
Because I wanted to upgrade (not uninstall!) postgresql I was lost at
this stage. Of course, I could have proceeded, possibly re-installing
postgresql and restoring the data from by backup, but that's not how I
envisioned my upgrade.
> I don't really think that the templates are overly ambiguous, but they
> indeed might be confusing to non-technical users (who don't know what
> "symlinks" or "purge" means). Well, for unexperienced users the
> debconf priority "high" is probably adequate anyway (so that normal
> questions are not shown and just their defaults are taken).
Well, I know what symlinks are, I know what purge means, and I know
that I did not want to purge anything so I was alarmed when asked to
do so.
> Anyway, this will not be an issue forever in any case. I'm currently
> working on a completely new packaging and installation structure which
> avoids all these upgrading troubles and also all debconf questions.
> However, this is nothing for Sarge, so if this is really an issue, I
> can trim down the templates a bit.
Great! I don't know if trimming the templates helps, but when
upgrading no questions regarding purging should be stated, because
thats quite the opposite to upgrading.
Maybe I get the machine to boot in its present state once more (but
first I'll have to save my data) and can have a final look; don't know
yet.
Thanks for taking care of postgresql, I guess updating (with changing
data formats and such) is quite a challenge.
Greetings
Helge
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