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On 11/26/2012 01:16 PM, Rich Freeman wrote: |
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> On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 5:33 AM, Mike Frysinger <vapier@g.o> wrote: |
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>> along those lines, a news entry is probably not even necessary. |
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> So, users will just suddenly have their binary change names, and will |
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> need to manually move config files and update logrotate.d files (if in |
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> use), and the only notice will be in an elog? Oh, and that elog will |
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> appear for a program called "hexchat" which as far as the user is |
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> aware they don't even use. |
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> This really seems to be stretching the purpose of package moves, and I |
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> don't hear users generally complaining about the fact that we give |
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> them too much warning when we're about to break their systems. We |
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> really should be using news more, and not less. |
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We can do what we do for mplayer2 and soon mpv. |
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If the program is largely the same adding compatibility symlinks seems |
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to me the simplest solution. |
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lu |
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