From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Apr 5 02:28:05 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DEFF9106564A for ; Sun, 5 Apr 2009 02:28:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from chuckop@gmail.com) Received: from yw-out-2324.google.com (yw-out-2324.google.com [74.125.46.29]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 932C28FC12 for ; Sun, 5 Apr 2009 02:28:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from chuckop@gmail.com) Received: by yw-out-2324.google.com with SMTP id 5so1049942ywh.13 for ; Sat, 04 Apr 2009 19:28:04 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:from:organization:to:subject :date:user-agent:cc:references:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-disposition:message-id:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=VPxdv0mp/wForQH3SuW2CIy2AG9/ciAlwL6ErQGDSv0=; b=K6Dyu3sc+lAiVf4tZwNuyvwAW8MqU+0767eFVuJN4g8FmovFKBLBQdnfP6RbJ/qRCh mFC89LHo/zw8aL/13OVypfMS8NtxC6vcIAffs8v4TCRyxF7QYmV0PDQi1o7vPoHRtYXD 89HPHnatXdAyumsW2CKAljGSI7AzS6rBWgdbQ= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=from:organization:to:subject:date:user-agent:cc:references :in-reply-to:mime-version:content-disposition:message-id :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=aJkcMfSexjFZDqawIMwKXfCk4MHiTGetVM6kkjbpJ8LAn+FlUOzkSKLNPS/CiDLDey CJS7989smTCzVo6BtyzWGijQeLuopP5FOA3+wmSmSQfrL2nJIkdSPQkfwsaM4eNp5Mjw tQzlMj0n3gnHvT6zGc4G6K/jmAysiTWk6WDUo= Received: by 10.150.98.18 with SMTP id v18mr4040652ybb.127.1238897236922; Sat, 04 Apr 2009 19:07:16 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?12.179.8.67? ([12.179.8.67]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 6sm5729498ywp.1.2009.04.04.19.07.15 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Sat, 04 Apr 2009 19:07:16 -0700 (PDT) From: Charles Oppermann Organization: Copper Software To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Date: Sat, 4 Apr 2009 22:07:12 -0400 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.10 References: <20090404072204.28191678@scorpio> <20090404093151.344c9868@scorpio> <49D7654C.8010608@infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <49D7654C.8010608@infracaninophile.co.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200904042207.12587.chuckop@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Subject: Re: Adding comment to UPDATING file X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 05 Apr 2009 02:28:06 -0000 On Saturday 04 April 2009 9:49:00 am Matthew Seaman wrote: > >> I find it's also a good idea to add a warning about such things to > >> any pkg_message printed out at install time. > > > > Thanks! I was considering the pkg_message idea; however, users of > > Portupgrade or other port maintenance tools often do not see the > > messages printed out out the end of the installation. I will be > > including a message though. Is it completely out of the question to either support the old format config file, or have a utility migrate the settings to the new format? What's the impact of the user using the upgraded port with the older config file? Is it going to prevent the app from running, or will it cause it to crash, or will there just not be all the functionality available?