2017-10-06 15:00 GMT+02:00 Sven Hoexter <s...@timegate.de>: > On Fri, Oct 06, 2017 at 02:05:12PM +0200, Christian Göttsche wrote: >> I uploaded a new package version in which the not upstreamed patches >> are dropped, the maintainer is set to myself and the vcs fields are >> updated accordingly. >> With #874387 Felix is searching for a new maintainer for this package; >> what are the requirements for me to become such? > > Basically just set yourself as the maintainer (the technical part) and > find a sponsor to review and upload the package (the more social part).
The technical part is done (https://mentors.debian.net/package/vnstat). For the social part, I hope to find a sponsor with this bug report. Is there any additional information needed or can I remove the moreinfo tag? >> Also, I like to ask a technical question: >> What is the common dealing with state file upon package purge? >> Vnstat saves the network statistics under /var/lib/vnstat and as this >> folder is listed in debian/vnstat.install, dpkg warns upon purge >> operation that this directory cannot be deleted, because it is not >> empty. >> Should the directory be emptied in the postrm script or is this >> warning acceptable? > > Should be deleted on purge. I think mariadb packaging nowadays > has an additional debconf fronted question if you really want to purge > the database. I personally do not think that the value of vnstat history > is so huge to implement an additional dialog but YMMV. > > Sven