On 06/20/2017 07:26 AM, Bruno Friedmann wrote: > Hi Tom, as package maintainer for openSUSE, I've one question. > We have a product line called Leap on which we try to minimize the changes an > end users can have to deal with. > So the last two version 42.1 and 42.2 I've stick to 4.6.13 series. > > Now in one month we will have 42.3 released, and I wonder if I should > continue > to be hard conservative and keep 4.6.13 or move the package to something > never > ? > > As there's configuration migration to be done, I'm a bit reluctant as I don't > know how complex configuration end-users (normally admins) have setup. > > On my side, I've successfully updated simple setup just with shorewall update > -a so I would say that nothing is really hard complicated right ? > > Actually I've 5.1.4.3 packaged and ready for submission, if you tell me that > better for users to go for this version, then I will follow your advise.
Hi Bruno, Migrating from 4.6.13 to 5.1.x is straightforward using 'shorewall update -a'. I think that it important, however, to alert users that this step is required, so that there isn't a lot of surprise and confusion during the distribution upgrade. I am aware of one distribution that actually runs 'update -a' as part of the RPM update process so that users need not be aware of this requirement. Does Leap have a mechanism to alert users when a release includes a change that requires an additional conversion step? -Tom -- Tom Eastep \ Q: What do you get when you cross a mobster with Shoreline, \ an international standard? Washington, USA \ A: Someone who makes you an offer you can't http://shorewall.org \ understand \_______________________________________________
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