On Sat, Aug 29, 2009 at 2:13 PM, Leonel Nunez <[email protected]> wrote:

> And this is what the PPA and Debian Unstable is meant for. see what we can
> fix before it enters on the next stable release. That's why I always ask
> to backup your cherokee.conf  before upgrading so we can go back to the
> version we got working.
>
> and this is something we must fix  in the cherokee package  by
>
> 1 editing the cherokee.conf
> or
> 2 display a message with this change.
>

With Arch packages, we can add a post-upgrade hook to display messages about
things that changed that the user should be aware of.  Is there something
similar for apt?

I think that automatically editing the user's config file is a Bad Idea,
because, honestly, that their own file to deal with.  Give them a message of
important changes (or even just a "make sure to read the changelog,
available at [url]") is much better, because it prevents problems such as
these without taking away control.  Forgive me if I misunderstand, but the
recent versions of cherokee are only packaged for Sid (unstable), right?
It's my thought that anyone who uses Sid should be prepared to invest time
to fix things when upgrading software.  I know that I never update my Arch
machines if I don't have time to fix any issues that may crop up as a
result, and I've accepted that as the price for having the bleeding-edge.

-- 
James Pearson
--
The best way to predict the future is to invent it.
 - Alan Kay
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