On 5/5/23 15:07, Derek Schrock wrote:
On Fri, May 05, 2023 at 06:04:35PM EDT, Amar Takhar wrote:
It would be nice to have a message in pkg-message explaining the port is now
vanilla outside of fixes and anyone looking for former patches should try
NeoMutt.
Yeah, I'm looking right now at adding a pkg-message to output a message
during install and upgrade. Also adding the same to UPDATING.
I viewed pkg-descr as general non-instructive port information before
install, UPDATING for special considerations/instructions before
upgrading, and pkg-message as after install instructions.
Not saying what to do but trying to continue to build up my
understanding of ports tree structure in general with my questions.
Wouldn't telling users after install/upgrade be telling them that there
is now a problem after it has happened? Does `pkg updating` contain
relevant UPDATING messages with each package, as part of the package
repository listing, or does it need the ports tree UPDATING file present?
Thinking about it, it would seem like a good idea to have pkg
indicate there are messages to be read from UPDATING when listing a
final confirmation of packages before doing upgrades though entries
would all need max version listings or what has been read needs to be
tracked; marking messages as read/dealt with as a todo checklist when
upgrading could be nice.
Just recently learned pkg-message supports conditional messages for
upgrading based on version as a result of this thread+reading.
