On Sun, Jan 03 2010, Russ Allbery wrote:
> Should we add a section to Policy somewhere that explains the package
> states
I think that patch of mine that added the pretty pictures of
transitions and states had some language about package states, taken
from dpkg.
> and what the requirements of a package are around preserving or
> removing its data other than log files and configuration files on
> purge? If so, that would be the relevant place to talk about whether
> or not directories like /var/games should be removed when empty (and
> similarly /var/games/package, /var/lib/package, etc.).
I think policy is currently vague about this since perhaps such
a decision ought to be made on a case by case basis? I can certainly
see the difference in preservation of data and state information for a
RDBMS package as being different from that of a game which is different
still from a clock program. Can we be certain that the distribution is
best served by a one size fits all policy here?
manoj
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