Signed-off-by: Anna Vyalkova <cyber+gen...@sysrq.in> --- Related to this version bump and unmask: https://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-proxy-maint/message/d86352b4ebad8c4ddd14fcd8ce37162f
...27-upgrade-to-net-news_rssguard-4_0.en.txt | 29 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 29 insertions(+) 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 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 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..35971f0 --- /dev/null +++ b/2021-10-27-upgrade-to-net-news_rssguard-4_0/2021-10-27-upgrade-to-net-news_rssguard-4_0.en.txt @@ -0,0 +1,29 @@ +Title: net-news/rssguard-4.0 upgrade +Author: Anna Vyalkova <cyber+gen...@sysrq.in> +Posted: 2021-10-27 +Revision: 1 +News-Item-Format: 2.0 +Display-If-Installed: <net-news/rssguard-4.0 + +RSS Guard database files created by RSS Guard version 3.9.x are +incompatible with RSS Guard version 4.0 or later [0]. + +Configuration file (config.ini) is fully backwards compatible according +to the upstream. You can save it (File -> Backup settings) before an +upgrade and restore it later (File -> Restore settings). + +There is no reliable way to automate the database format conversion, so +action from the user is required before an upgrade can take place. + +The first option would be to export your feeds as an OMPL file +(Accounts -> Export feeds) before an upgrade and import them later +(Account -> Import feeds). + +The second option would be to manually update your database.db file to +4.x.x format following a guide by the upstream developer [1]. + +Keep in mind that application data directory has been renamed from +"~/.config/RSS Guard" to "~/.config/RSS Guard 4". + +[0] https://github.com/martinrotter/rssguard/releases/tag/4.0.0 +[1] https://github.com/martinrotter/rssguard/blob/master/resources/docs/Documentation.md#migratt -- 2.33.1
