On Tue, Jun 09, 2009 at 01:29:36PM +0200, Francesco Potorti` wrote: > I think that the current solution is not enough. The NEWS file sits > there, but people do not usually read the NEWS files of all packages > when they upgrade them. >
no, it doesn't have to just sit there. install apt-listchanges. > This change is important enough to grant a warning that requires user > interaction during upgrade, asking if user wants to continue with > upgrade or not. This is a backup system, something that one does not > want to stop working after an upgrade. > apt-listchanges will show my NEWS entry to the user and ask them if they want to continue with the upgrade. there is no other clean way to do this (afaik). the standard way to handle this is a NEWS file. if users don't install apt-listchanges and end up shooting themselves in the foot, that's their fault imho. -- _________________________ Ryan Niebur ryanrya...@gmail.com
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