On Wed, Jan 08, 2020 at 02:43:08AM +0100, Daniel Leidert wrote: > > For upgrades from versions that did not include the timer, should I > > enable the systemd timer if the user has set CRON=1? > > I disagree here. I don't want you to overrule my decision for a cron-script. > If > a user has enabled a cron-job you shouldn't change that to a systemd timer > unit > without the user's explicit approval.
I'm not sure that I take CRON=1 as meaning "I want to use cron forever". I'd rather interpret it as "I want to enable spamassassin's daily maintenance job". The details of how it's accomplished aren't really relevant, IMO. > Please ask during installation and give the question an appropriate priority. > By choosing the priority you can even achieve a "silent" transition for > "normal" users and let more advanced users decide. Yeah, that's probably the best way in terms of user flexibility. I'm not convinced it's necessary, though, and I don't like the idea of all the other packages undergoing similar transitions all having to introduce similar debconf questions. noah
