On 2019-01-21 12:48:59 +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > On 2019-01-21 12:28:40 +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > > If not, another (better?) possibility is to ask the user if he > > wishes to convert these old files to the new format. > > After thinking more about it, I think that the choice should be given > between: > > 1. Move the atop_* files under /var/log/atop to /var/log/atop.old > (to be created if it doesn't exist yet). > > 2. Convert these files to the new format with atopconvert. > > 3. Both (just in case there would be a bug in atopconvert).
If too complex, it should be sufficient to announce what will be done in NEWS.Debian (with apt-listchanges, the user could do a backup first, and if he doesn't use apt-listchanges, he probably doesn't care) and choose one of the solutions (not 3, because it could use too much disk space). Probably 2, as the user probably won't downgrade and won't have to remove the old files manually. -- Vincent Lefèvre <vinc...@vinc17.net> - Web: <https://www.vinc17.net/> 100% accessible validated (X)HTML - Blog: <https://www.vinc17.net/blog/> Work: CR INRIA - computer arithmetic / AriC project (LIP, ENS-Lyon)