Jonathan Lucas wrote: > Hi Michael, > > thanks for the prompt response and the politest form of RTFM I've ever > received! You're absolutely right: in fact, I'd had to remove the auto > option from /etc/network/interfaces to make NetworkManager play nicely > when I first installed it. > > In return, can I also suggest something? In my experience with Debian, > most times a package makes a change in how a configuration works that > might "break" an existing setup, the apt installation provides some sort > of informative warning as it installs. The only example I can think of > at the moment is minor (i.e. same version) kernel image upgrades, where > the installation script warns that you have to reboot or weird things > might happen with modules. > > cheers, and thanks again, > > Jonathan
If a package has significant changes in the way it operates, policy says that you have to document it in NEWS.Debian (as I did for 0.6.2-2). As this changes are very important they are usually added to your local mailbox /var/mail/user (depends on your local setup) If you install apt-listchanges, it does exactly what you want: It extracts NEWS.Debian from all packages on an upgrade and presents you the notes. (Ab)using debconf for displaying such changes is strongly discouraged by the debian policy (because it would need user interaction so you could not make an unattended upgrades, think of automatic upgrades). Cheers, Michael -- Why is it that all of the instruments seeking intelligent life in the universe are pointed away from Earth?
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