* Harald Braumann <ha...@unheit.net> [090113 05:47]: > Hi, > > I'd like to package mu-conference 0.7 (multi-user chat component for > jabber). The version currently in Debian (jabber-muc 0.6.0) uses the > user ``jabber'', which is created by jabber-common, on which > jabber-muc depends. > > The new version can be installed stand-alone, and thus there won't be > any dependence on jabber anymore, or jabberd2, for that matter. > > AFAIK, there's no way for multiple independent packages for using the > same user. So jabber-muc needs to create its own user. On update, > that's no problem. The post-install script can chown the > package's directories for the new user. But a downgrade would then not > be possible. The old version couldn't access the directories. > > Is there precedence for such a situation? How can it be resolved? > > Cheers, > harry
BTW, are you coordinating this with the current jabber-muc maintainer (CC'ed in case he is not subscribed)? ...Marvin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org