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| author |   Repository mirror & CI <repomirrorci@gentoo.org> | 2021-10-30 09:51:29 +0000 |
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| committer | Repository mirror & CI <repomirrorci@gentoo.org> | 2021-10-30 09:51:29 +0000 |
| commit | 78025892203cc6b2de594bc4ddebc937331424ce (patch) | |
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| parent | 2021-10-30 09:21:30 UTC (diff) | |
| parent | 2021-10-30-upgrade-to-net-news_rssguard-4_0: add co-author (diff) | |
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diff --git a/metadata/news/2021-10-30-upgrade-to-net-news_rssguard-4_0/2021-10-30-upgrade-to-net-news_rssguard-4_0.en.txt b/metadata/news/2021-10-30-upgrade-to-net-news_rssguard-4_0/2021-10-30-upgrade-to-net-news_rssguard-4_0.en.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..98e143d13707 --- /dev/null +++ b/metadata/news/2021-10-30-upgrade-to-net-news_rssguard-4_0/2021-10-30-upgrade-to-net-news_rssguard-4_0.en.txt @@ -0,0 +1,30 @@ +Title: net-news/rssguard-4.0 upgrade +Author: Anna Vyalkova <cyber+gentoo@sysrq.in> +Author: Proxy Maintainers <proxy-maint@gentoo.org> +Posted: 2021-10-30 +Revision: 1 +News-Item-Format: 2.0 +Display-If-Installed: <net-news/rssguard-4.0 + +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 |