[gentoo-dev] Re: RfC: News item for Baselayout 2 stabilisation

[Christian Faulhammer]

Hi,

Philip Webb <purslow@××××××××.net>:

> 090520 Petteri Räty wrote:
> >> A lot has changed from Baselayout version 1.x to 2.0.0, so all
> >> users should take a look at the upgrade guide found at
> >>   http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/openrc-migration.xml
> >> to not break their systems.  You will likely see an update of
> >> sys-apps/baselayout in the near future: After installing, please
> >> follow the upgrade guide and do not reboot your system meanwhile.
> > Would this be better with
> > - to not break
> > - in order not to break
>
> "in order not to break" is clearer & better English.

 Ok thanks for the clarification.

> >> After installing, please
> >> follow the upgrade guide and do not reboot your system meanwhile.
> > How does this sound:
> >> After installing, please don't reboot your system
> >> before following the guide because there's a risk
> >> of not being able to boot properly with the old configuration
> >> files.
>
> How about "after installing version 2.0.0 , DO NOT REBOOT YOUR SYSTEM
> until you have followed the instructions in the upgrade guide.
> Otherwise, there's a risk you won't be able to reboot properly,
> as some of the old configuration files will still be in effect".

 Thanks for your contribution, I went with a mixture of Peterri's and
your proposal.

V-Li

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