On Tue, Oct 05, 2010 at 10:17:37AM -0700, misha680 wrote: > So here's the OpenMRS story - perhaps you have some opinions, but I see this > as paralleling gnumed, specifically: > * when we _install_ the package, _no_ databases are created > * when we _purge_ the package, _no_ databases are erased > > The databases themselves are created by the user in the initial setup wizard > that they run by going to > http://localhost:8080/openmrs
So they are user content. Absolutely. Don't delete them. This is very much like deleting user home pages when deinstalling Apache. > p.s. From a programming viewpoint, we could certainly removed the databases. > However, from a practical viewpoint, I am guessing that not all OpenMRS > implementers are 100% experts in computers and Linux. I could easily see > someone getting confused, purging a package, and then being whoops all my > medical records are gone! forever... Absolutely ! Don't. Or if at all - offer an option to do so, have the user confirm at least twice with BIG FAT warnings and still stow away a secret backup somewhere. > p.p.s. I just checked and even purging mysql does not actually remove > database data: Same with PostgreSQL. Karsten -- GPG key ID E4071346 @ wwwkeys.pgp.net E167 67FD A291 2BEA 73BD 4537 78B9 A9F9 E407 1346 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
