On Tue, May 08, 2007 at 11:35:46PM +0300, Maxim Veksler wrote: > >I would recommend not even attempting to do that kind of thing. How > >do you know the database is running at the time, or even that it's on > >the same machine? > > > > I check, or ask the user. > > I think that my questions is more of "how to do this" then who/when to > do this. I think we can agree that if my databases changes between > version and I wish to allow my users to continue running with their > existing data I need to provide some method for them to upgrade their > scheme while not loosing their data. > > Pointers on the above would be very welcome. > Thank you. > Perhaps providing migration/conversion/update scripts as part of your new RPM that the user is then instructed to run manually? I guess this could potentially mean things won't work correctly if the udpate happened automatically and the user wasn't around. Ray -- Fedora-packaging mailing list Fedora-packaging@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-packaging
