From 661e1ed477a975cf5fd83a88f4317e2e1a4e9c5e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Anna Vyalkova Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2021 09:16:54 +0300 Subject: 2021-10-30-upgrade-to-net-news_rssguard-4_0: add news item Signed-off-by: Anna Vyalkova Signed-off-by: Joonas Niilola --- ...1-10-30-upgrade-to-net-news_rssguard-4_0.en.txt | 29 ++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 29 insertions(+) create mode 100644 2021-10-30-upgrade-to-net-news_rssguard-4_0/2021-10-30-upgrade-to-net-news_rssguard-4_0.en.txt diff --git a/2021-10-30-upgrade-to-net-news_rssguard-4_0/2021-10-30-upgrade-to-net-news_rssguard-4_0.en.txt b/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 0000000..76a8452 --- /dev/null +++ b/2021-10-30-upgrade-to-net-news_rssguard-4_0/2021-10-30-upgrade-to-net-news_rssguard-4_0.en.txt @@ -0,0 +1,29 @@ +Title: net-news/rssguard-4.0 upgrade +Author: Anna Vyalkova +Posted: 2021-10-30 +Revision: 1 +News-Item-Format: 2.0 +Display-If-Installed: 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 -- cgit v1.2.3-65-gdbad