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From: John Helmert III <ajak@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH] 2021-10-27-upgrade-to-net-news_rssguard-4_0: add news item
Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2021 15:19:50
Message-Id: YXluD1QkjT2oST0h@sol.nexus.lan
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH] 2021-10-27-upgrade-to-net-news_rssguard-4_0: add news item by Anna Vyalkova
1 On Wed, Oct 27, 2021 at 10:53:10AM +0500, Anna Vyalkova wrote:
2 > Signed-off-by: Anna Vyalkova <cyber+gentoo@×××××.in>
3 > ---
4 > Related to this version bump and unmask:
5 > https://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-proxy-maint/message/d86352b4ebad8c4ddd14fcd8ce37162f
6 >
7 > ...27-upgrade-to-net-news_rssguard-4_0.en.txt | 29 +++++++++++++++++++
8 > 1 file changed, 29 insertions(+)
9 > create mode 100644 2021-10-27-upgrade-to-net-news_rssguard-4_0/2021-10-27-upgrade-to-net-news_rssguard-4_0.en.txt
10 >
11 > diff --git a/2021-10-27-upgrade-to-net-news_rssguard-4_0/2021-10-27-upgrade-to-net-news_rssguard-4_0.en.txt b/2021-10-27-upgrade-to-net-news_rssguard-4_0/2021-10-27-upgrade-to-net-news_rssguard-4_0.en.txt
12 > new file mode 100644
13 > index 0000000..35971f0
14 > --- /dev/null
15 > +++ b/2021-10-27-upgrade-to-net-news_rssguard-4_0/2021-10-27-upgrade-to-net-news_rssguard-4_0.en.txt
16 > @@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
17 > +Title: net-news/rssguard-4.0 upgrade
18 > +Author: Anna Vyalkova <cyber+gentoo@×××××.in>
19 > +Posted: 2021-10-27
20 > +Revision: 1
21 > +News-Item-Format: 2.0
22 > +Display-If-Installed: <net-news/rssguard-4.0
23
24 Why the version restriction? Seems unecessary to me, especially for
25 anyone who might completely miss the mask who could upgrade straight
26 to >=rssguard-4.0 due to when they sync.
27
28 > +
29 > +RSS Guard database files created by RSS Guard version 3.9.x are
30 > +incompatible with RSS Guard version 4.0 or later [0].
31 > +
32 > +Configuration file (config.ini) is fully backwards compatible according
33 > +to the upstream. You can save it (File -> Backup settings) before an
34 > +upgrade and restore it later (File -> Restore settings).
35 > +
36 > +There is no reliable way to automate the database format conversion, so
37 > +action from the user is required before an upgrade can take place.
38 > +
39 > +The first option would be to export your feeds as an OMPL file
40 > +(Accounts -> Export feeds) before an upgrade and import them later
41 > +(Account -> Import feeds).
42 > +
43 > +The second option would be to manually update your database.db file to
44 > +4.x.x format following a guide by the upstream developer [1].
45 > +
46 > +Keep in mind that application data directory has been renamed from
47 > +"~/.config/RSS Guard" to "~/.config/RSS Guard 4".
48 > +
49 > +[0] https://github.com/martinrotter/rssguard/releases/tag/4.0.0
50 > +[1] https://github.com/martinrotter/rssguard/blob/master/resources/docs/Documentation.md#migratt
51 > --
52 > 2.33.1
53 >
54 >

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