> 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? >
debconf does the magic with the updates or message display > 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 That's what I think too. > these without taking away control. Forgive me if I misunderstand, but the > recent versions of cherokee are only packaged for Sid (unstable), right? Right! and ppa is often named the Unstable for Debian Unstable :) > 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. > Same for the Cherokee Ubuntu PPA or any other new software version. The user with the lattest and greatest version needs the new features more than the stability a distro version can offer > -- > James Pearson > -- > The best way to predict the future is to invent it. > - Alan Kay > > Saludos Leonel _______________________________________________ Cherokee mailing list [email protected] http://lists.octality.com/listinfo/cherokee
