Re: upgrading is just like installing

2008-02-12 Thread Karsten Bräckelmann
On Wed, 2008-02-13 at 04:25 +0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > KB> User? SA is for administrators, not for users. Also, there is *nothing* > KB> special about SA version numbers. > Is too or else there wouldn't be a user_prefs file [...] Then stick to the user_prefs file. You do realize there is

RE: upgrading is just like installing

2008-02-12 Thread James E. Pratt
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 3:26 PM To: users@spamassassin.apache.org Subject: Re: upgrading is just like installing KB> User? SA is for administrators, not for users. Also, there is *nothing* KB> special

Re: upgrading is just like installing

2008-02-12 Thread jidanni
KB> User? SA is for administrators, not for users. Also, there is *nothing* KB> special about SA version numbers. Is too or else there wouldn't be a user_prefs file or instructions for installing non-root. And SA version numbers & aliases often need explaining, just like Debian package version numb

Re: upgrading is just like installing

2008-02-10 Thread Karsten Bräckelmann
On Sun, 2008-02-10 at 05:12 +0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > KB> No, you are not. Please note that these are version numbers, not floats. > KB> With respect to minor versions, 24 is massively larger than 2... > > It's all a usability (http://www.useit.com/alertbox/) problem. You > might say SpamA

Re: upgrading is just like installing

2008-02-09 Thread jidanni
KB> No, you are not. Please note that these are version numbers, not floats. KB> With respect to minor versions, 24 is massively larger than 2... It's all a usability (http://www.useit.com/alertbox/) problem. You might say SpamAssassin is usability exempt, as it is only for computer pros. But I'm

Re: upgrading is just like installing

2008-02-07 Thread Karsten Bräckelmann
On Wed, 2008-02-06 at 12:32 +0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Let's record my 3.23 to 3.24 upgrade attempt. > > I untar Mail-SpamAssassin-3.2.4 and of course read the file entitled > UPGRADE. > > In it I find "Note for Users Upgrading to SpamAssassin 3.2.0". > But I am upgrading to 3.24. No, you

Re: upgrading is just like installing

2008-02-06 Thread Kris Deugau
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OK, now after reading the whole INSTALL file, I come to the conclusion that to upgrade, one just acts like one never installed SpamAssassin in the first place, and apparently the new SpamAssassin will just install on top of the old one (with cruft surely accumulating in t

upgrading is just like installing

2008-02-05 Thread jidanni
Let's record my 3.23 to 3.24 upgrade attempt. I untar Mail-SpamAssassin-3.2.4 and of course read the file entitled UPGRADE. In it I find "Note for Users Upgrading to SpamAssassin 3.2.0". But I am upgrading to 3.24. Go ahead and call me dumb, but if I mess up, I might endanger my email. Now I lo