Le Thu, May 27, 2021 at 01:20:10PM +0100, Stuart Henderson a écrit :
> I'm not convinced this is a good idea.
> 
> @ask-update is problematic because it blocks updates of  packages unless
> there's manual intervention. For someone who adds pkg_add -u to rc.firsttime
> or uses configuration management to update packages this adds things which
> are awkward to automate.
> 
> PostgreSQL is special because, in some cases, you need to take extra steps
> *before* the upgrade. (pg_upgrade/postgresql-previous can't easily be made
> to work with compiled add-on modules). Quite often you can't just install
> the old postgresql package again because the compiled binaries won't always
> run on the updated OS which is less of a problem with PHP. It is common for
> ports to need extra steps after upgrading, there's nothing particularly
> unusual about nextcloud in that respect.

seconded, all nextcloud upgrades have always needed extra steps (eg occ
upgrade as www user) since forever.. and i agree that @ask-update always
leads to pain :)

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