* Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Package: shorewall > Version: 2.4.1-2 > Severity: normal > > Hi, > > On upgrade, shorewall asks the scary looking question: > "Did you check your configuration and do you want to restart > Shorewall right now?" > > Followed by: > ====================================================================== > This is a major release of Shorewall that introduces some changes in > the configuration files. You have to check carefully your > configuration before restarting your firewall to avoid failures and > network blackout. The changes are listed in > /usr/share/doc/shorewall/releasenotes.txt.gz. > ====================================================================== > > Except, of course, they are not yet: the file there is the old > file, since the package has not been unpacked. If the user is not > paying attention, they can read the file, check their configuration > find that is is fine, upgrade, and then procxeed to have holes in the > firewall or blackouts. > > There is no information yet as to what changes are going to take > place, and thus this question *MUS* be asked in the postinst, and > _NOT_ in the .config. > > I have left the severity at normal, feel free to upgrade severity > to important.
I'll fix it as soon as possible moving the question to the postinst script as you suggested. I must admit that I don't like the scary question at all but it's the only way I know to inform the user about problems that may arise during the upgrade to a new major release. Have you got any suggestion about how to better handle such notification? Thank you for your report and for your help. -- lorenzo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
