On Mon, 04 Jan 2010, Tommi Vainikainen wrote:
Raphael Hertzog hert...@debian.org writes:
Right, thanks for the reminder. I did not use your patch. You'll find
attached the patch that I committed. Please review and do not hesitate to
spot mistakes.
Looks good, but there was one spelling
Russ,
Thanks very much for the thoughtful explanation. I'm glad that there
will be a warning in the next release so that we realize it's a bad
idea :)
Cheers,
Jonathan
On Sun, Jan 3, 2010 at 11:24 PM, Russ Allbery r...@debian.org wrote:
Jonathan Yu jonathan.i...@gmail.com writes:
This is a
Hi,
On Montag, 4. Januar 2010, Russ Allbery wrote:
and what the requirements of a package are around preserving or
removing its data other than log files and configuration files on
purge? If so, that would be the relevant place to talk about whether
or not directories like /var/games
Holger Levsen hol...@layer-acht.org writes:
Well, I think about changing my mind here. In the past, piuparts has
indeed ignored eg the non-removal of the ldap database on purge. But now
I wonder, why should this be done. Unix has a tradition to allow you to
shot into your foot and if you do a
Hi,
On Montag, 4. Januar 2010, Russ Allbery wrote:
There are several arguments that say that such data shouldn't be deleted
on purge. I don't know how persuasive they are.
I'll answer them in reverse order :-)
* Whether it makes sense given Debian semantics or not, users just don't
On Mon, 04 Jan 2010, Holger Levsen wrote:
On Montag, 4. Januar 2010, Russ Allbery wrote:
* It's sometimes necessary to purge a package and reinstall it to
fix some weird problem, or if not necessary at least expedient.
For example, if one accidentally deletes a configuration file,
Don Armstrong d...@debian.org writes:
On Mon, 04 Jan 2010, Holger Levsen wrote:
On Montag, 4. Januar 2010, Russ Allbery wrote:
* It's sometimes necessary to purge a package and reinstall it to
fix some weird problem, or if not necessary at least expedient.
For example, if one
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