On Wed, Oct 27, 2021 at 10:53:10AM +0500, Anna Vyalkova wrote:
> 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

Why the version restriction? Seems unecessary to me, especially for
anyone who might completely miss the mask who could upgrade straight
to >=rssguard-4.0 due to when they sync.

> +
> +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
> 
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