(Delayed by an ADSL outage)
Paul Gevers wrote:
>> It should at least be clear it's not talking about a DBMS package.
>
> /me likes delete. But maybe we can still use your earlier idea and be
> more explicit about that it is the database of the package:
>
> [..] Then it will ask if you want to delete the ${pkg} database and
> revoke the standard privileges for the user of ${pkg}.
Replacing "purge the database and [...]". Yes, that ought to be
clear.
> Would adding one short line to the purge/delete question help enough so
> that it is worth it?
> If you no longer have need of the data being stored by ${pkg}, you
> should choose this option. If you want to keep this data,
> or if you would rather handle this process manually, you should
> refuse this option. (Of course, t|Either way, t|T)his option doesn't
> change your other databases.
Oh, and this is the shorter one to begin with, so we can afford a few
more words. If it's
Either way, it won't affect your other databases.
then it isn't even an extra line.
--
JBR with qualifications in linguistics, experience as a Debian
sysadmin, and probably no clue about this particular package
