From a7aca672dfbd21f6dc3bbf8fba15ffabb1ffb5db Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Richard van der Hoff <1389908+richvdh@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2018 22:05:27 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] clarify that installing -py3 removes the old pkg --- debian/NEWS | 7 ++++--- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/debian/NEWS b/debian/NEWS index 8f0d9d0acf..b70ed098e7 100644 --- a/debian/NEWS +++ b/debian/NEWS @@ -1,7 +1,8 @@ matrix-synapse-py3 (0.34.0) stable; urgency=medium matrix-synapse-py3 is intended as a drop-in replacement for the existing - matrix-synapse package. The replacement should be relatively seamless, + matrix-synapse package. When the package is installed, matrix-synapse will + be automatically uninstalled. The replacement should be relatively seamless, however, please note the following important differences to matrix-synapse: * Most importantly, the matrix-synapse service now runs under Python 3 rather @@ -9,12 +10,12 @@ matrix-synapse-py3 (0.34.0) stable; urgency=medium * Synapse is installed into its own virtualenv (in /opt/venvs/matrix-synapse) instead of using the system python libraries. (This may mean that you can - remove a number of old dependencies with `apt-get autoremove`). + remove a number of old dependencies with `apt autoremove`). matrix-synapse-py3 will take over responsibility for the existing configuration files, including the matrix-synapse systemd service. - Beware, however, that `apt-get purge matrix-synapse` will *disable* the + Beware, however, that `apt purge matrix-synapse` will *disable* the matrix-synapse service (so that it will not be started on reboot), even though that service is no longer being provided by the matrix-synapse package. It can be re-enabled with `systemctl enable matrix-synapse`.