On Tue, Oct 05, 2010 at 10:17:37AM -0700, misha680 wrote:
>
> Thus, it seems based on your comments below re gnumed and README.Debian,
> that since the user is creating the database, they should remove them as
> well.
>
> Or am I misinterpreting?
Well, my intention was to apply some common sense to a general rule and
that the final decision is on the maintainer who knows his users
(hopefully) best.
> p.s. From a programming viewpoint, we could certainly removed the databases.
> However, from a practical viewpoint, I am guessing that not all OpenMRS
> implementers are 100% experts in computers and Linux. I could easily see
> someone getting confused, purging a package, and then being whoops all my
> medical records are gone! forever...
This does not make my point void: Purge means purge and it just means
that everything will vanish. Users should absolutely expect this.
> p.p.s. I just checked and even purging mysql does not actually remove
> database data:
There is no explicite advise in the policy or developers reference -
just the discussion on the mailing list. So you will find several
packages which disrespect this advise.
Kind regards
Andreas.
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