Hi, see inline. On Tue, Aug 29, 2017 at 5:42 PM, Rainer Müller <rai...@macports.org> wrote:
> On 2017-08-29 01:57, MacPorts wrote: > > Page "Migration" was changed by thomasrussellmurphy > > Diff URL: <https://trac.macports.org/wiki/Migration?action=diff&; > version=99> > > Revision 99 > > Comment: Change procedure to have the preparation step of logging > installed ports *before* installing the new OS and upgrading MacPorts > > Thank you for working on the instructions. > > However, I doubt that users will actually read these instructions before > upgrading their OS. Quite the contrary, the port command will link to > this wiki page when it detects that the OS was upgraded. I would expect > this to be the most common case when users will come to this wiki page, > so I think the instructions should focus on that. Right now the steps > start with what they should have done before upgrading their OS, which > is not helpful in this situation. > > What was the reason to move the steps for saving the installed/requested > ports to the top? @Rainer, does this mean we can't help a user when user upgrades or reinstalls OS from scratch before landing on this page. This is actually a problem I have been thinking about with my GSoC project on migration this summer. While moving the steps for saving the installed/requested to the top makes sense because that is what a user should do, ideally. But in the event of reinstalling an OS from scratch (I am not talking about 'upgrading' OS), even the `port migrate` won't be able to help us unless we have saved a list as above prior to reinstalling OS or `port` command even won't be there. - Umesh
