2013/9/16 Stéphane Glondu <glo...@debian.org> > severity 723061 wishlist > thanks > > Le 16/09/2013 01:31, Bernat a écrit : > > When purging this package it will remove /var/lib/mldonkey/incoming, > > shared and temp directories even when they're not empty. A user purging > > the package will loose all their files in these directories. I've set > > serious severity since I think this shouldn't ever happen. I've lost > > some files I was sharing because of this. > > It is correct that /var/lib/mldonkey is removed when mldonkey is purged. > I would say your loss is your fault, here. > > Concerning /var/lib/mldonkey/incoming specifically, I have the same > feelings as with logs: you might want to keep them on purge, but the > Debian policy clearly states they should be removed on purge (section > 10.8). Hence, my interpretation of the policy is that it is the > responsability of the system administrator to save them elsewhere if he > wants to keep them on purge. > > The purge script could fail if /var/lib/mldonky/incoming is not empty, > but that is a wishlist and not a serious bug. > > Leave it as you want but I don't think downloaded and shared files are the same as logs, specially the shared ones. I don't think it should fail at removal but keep non-empty directories. I may want to uninstall and then install at a later time but keep the files where I put them.
Frankly, I think this is more like a package deleting a spool, mail, printer, cron, etc. -- Bernat
