Re: Inclusion of best practices for packaging database applications in Debian policy

2017-07-16 Thread Paul Gevers
Hi, It has been pointed out to me that I didn't reply to the message below. On 06/25/17 17:42, Marc Haber wrote: > On Sun, 25 Jun 2017 16:05:09 +0200, Paul Gevers > wrote: >> Packages may provide support for removing underlying databases, but it >> is highly recommended that the administrator is

Re: Inclusion of best practices for packaging database applications in Debian policy

2017-07-15 Thread Paul Gevers
Hi all, On 06/25/17 16:05, Paul Gevers wrote: > This e-mail is meant for maintainers of applications that use databases > and for those of you that are interested in how packages should handle > those. > > In bug 845255¹ I started the discussion for inclusion of the "best > practices for packaging

Re: Inclusion of best practices for packaging database applications in Debian policy

2017-06-25 Thread Marc Haber
On Sun, 25 Jun 2017 16:05:09 +0200, Paul Gevers wrote: >Packages may provide support for removing underlying databases, but it >is highly recommended that the administrator is prompted with a chance >to preserve the data before doing so. It was mentioned that the document in question was written

Inclusion of best practices for packaging database applications in Debian policy

2017-06-25 Thread Paul Gevers
Hi Debian developers, This e-mail is meant for maintainers of applications that use databases and for those of you that are interested in how packages should handle those. In bug 845255¹ I started the discussion for inclusion of the "best practices for packaging database applications" in the Debi