From: Joey Hess Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2022 16:33:51 +0000 (-0400) Subject: update, v9 upgrade not yet automatic X-Git-Tag: archive/raspbian/10.20250416-2+rpi1~2^2^2~53^2~328 X-Git-Url: https://dgit.raspbian.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=2002d16dc3bde9caf4383c6a85de2e9a7bab4890;p=git-annex.git update, v9 upgrade not yet automatic and v9 does not have full upgrade locking --- diff --git a/doc/upgrades.mdwn b/doc/upgrades.mdwn index 794c7464bc..836f922b85 100644 --- a/doc/upgrades.mdwn +++ b/doc/upgrades.mdwn @@ -61,11 +61,11 @@ it very unlikely that such a process is still running. ## v8 -> v9 (git-annex version 10.x) -v8 repositories are automatically upgraded to v9. +v8 repositories are not yet automatically upgraded to v9. -Starting in v9, upgrades to a repository are prevented while another -git-annex command is running. That is needed for the v10 repository -upgrade to be performed safely. +v9 is a stepping stone to the v10 upgrade. By adding this intermediate +version, old versions of git-annex that only support v8 will not be able to +start new processes in the repository after the v9 upgrade. ## v7 -> v8 (git-annex version 8.x)