Ciaran McCreesh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> posted [EMAIL PROTECTED], excerpted below, on Sat, 05 May 2007 00:17:46 +0100:
> On Fri, 04 May 2007 17:38:43 -0500 > Steev Klimaszewski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Right.... which... seems to me something I would want to know *BEFORE* >> I upgraded... > > No no, if you find out before you upgrade you preemptively change your > config files and the old version breaks. If you find out after you > upgrade you know why you're getting a load of warnings about '*' being > deprecated. I believe that last word, deprecated, is what many are missing. If the files are upgraded to the new format previous to merging the new version, things will break. If the new version is installed and the files remain in the old format, it will simply spit warnings but it'll still work. Thus, switching the format must be done after the upgrade, not before, and the news message suggesting it should be shown after the upgrade, not before, to prevent breakage while explaining warnings people will get until they update to current format. -- Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. "Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
