> Sure, I should have paid more attention, but I still think that we
shoudl try to protect users like me from themselves liek this, and at
least _ask_ before removing databases (and other data).
I think it shouldn't delete databases at all.
Asking is just another opportunity for the user to make a mistake.
> I think this is a valid case for the use of debconf (after testing to
see it is still available) in the postinst.
Is it? I think there's quite a sensible 'default': don't delete.
The number of prompts (and complexity of scripts) should be kept minimal.
Olaf
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