[Debian-med-packaging] Bug#829380: Orthanc 1.2.0

[Karsten Hilbert]

On Wed, Dec 14, 2016 at 10:43:07AM +0100, Sebastien Jodogne wrote:

> > Well, once Orthanc 1.2 shows up in my sources.lst I will test
> > the suggested script and report back. Since I don't assume
> > Orthanc 1.1 -> 1.2 to actually need a database upgrade (?) I
> > expect the script to gracefully do nothing.
> 
> Indeed, an upgrade of the Orthanc database is only necessary if the version
> of the DB changes.

I know.

> The last modification of the DB schema was introduced in Orthanc 0.9.5
> (released on December 2nd, 2015).

I recalled as much which is why I inferred that, currently,
no upgrade is necessary.

> the database schema is now considered as stable

I sure wish that to be so but there's always Famous Last Words.

> Furthermore, I personally feel that the upgrade process should imply a
> manual operation from the user.

Sure.

> As a consequence, I am not convinced that providing an automated script is necessary.

No one suggested an _automated_ script.

I suggest to provide a script which calls "Orthanc -upgrade"
in the Debian-specific technically proper way _when run by
the user_. Which is what the suggested script does.

Karsten
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