Re: pkgin package repository message (Was: 9.0 is getting old...)

[Jonathan Perkin <jperkin%mnx.io@localhost>]

* On 2024-06-08 at 16:26 BST, David Brownlee wrote:

> It occurs to me that it would be helpful to provide a way for a binary
> package repository to inject some form of message into pkgin users.
>
> This could be used to tell 9.0 and 9.1 users that they need to upgrade
> to >= 9.2, or that a repository has stopped being updated and they
> need to switch somewhere else, or some critical issue in pkgin

Yeah I like this.

> It could be as simple as a text file in the package dir, automatically
> checked and downloaded by pkgin, combined with logic to display it
> always (bonus points for having pkgin commane line option to stop
> showing the message until it changes)

I think what I'd do is have it have similar logic to pkg_summary, so 
that it is only fetched if the mtime is different to what's in pkgin.db.

Then have it displayed if running on a tty, with a requirement that the 
user press a key to continue.  It is then no longer shown unless it is 
updated again.  That way users are required to interact with it to 
confirm it has been read, while not breaking automated updates.

I'll take a swing at it next week.

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