[debian-mysql] Bug#617796: Bug#617796: mysql-server-5.1: Upgrade of debian, stable silently ERASED my years old mysql database (no backup)

[Olaf van der Spek]

 > maybe this bug should rather be closed. The submitter purged 
mysql-server and  that did what it's supposed to do...

I don't agree. Purging vi also doesn't remove all files you ever edited...

I assume the debconf question is asked at install time, which could be 
years before the purge is done.
IMO it's way easier and safer to drop the question and to drop the 
removal of the databases themselves.

Olaf