[debian-mysql] Bug#1032047: mariadb-server: Preinst fails if user has mariadb running while system service stopped.

[Hefee]

Hey,

can you explain, why this is now an issue and wasn't for several Debian 
versions? As I package Akonadi for a while now I never had issues with Mariadb 
upgrades.

I know from Postgres that you need to have both version installed ( old+new) 
to make a successfully upgrade, wouldn't that be a possible solution for 
MariaDB too? So that you do not remove the old mariadb-server version when 
installing the new one? Than a user can re-login and everything is fine.

> But I would expect that to end up as a severe policy violation; I don't have
> a reference handy though.

That is at least also in my head, that it is not allowed to start/stop user 
processes.

Regards,

hefee

PS: sorry I'm not a lot on my PC the last weeks.
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