On Sat, Mar 21, 2009 at 2:28 AM, Alan Pope <a...@popey.com> wrote: > That would fail for users who make one-time changes to their data. For > example users who download their mail via pop. If they upgrade using > aufs and then proceed to test the new features of their mail client, > it might be configured to download new mail via pop and delete it from > the server. In this case if they choose to not upgrade but throw the > overlay away they lose their new mail and the ability to get it back.
This could also happen if we overlay /var/spool/mail. The type of user is who stores mail in /var is likely to be more computer literate that one who stores mail in ~. However I have already suggested not overlaying /var/apt/cache, may we shouldn't overlay /var/spool/mail either. This could get a bit piecemeal though, as we probably want to overlay at least part of /var, e.g. /var/lib/apt/lists/. -- John C. McCabe-Dansted PhD Student University of Western Australia -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
