Display danger and critical messages when running update.sh

[atomtigerzoo]

Summary

First: thank you for your time and your efforts running this super cool project!! 🤩

I just updated my instance and did not read the blog before. Shame on me. So I noticed the big upgrades and the removal solr while upgrading. Everything went smooth and I always have automated backups ready, but I had a feeling keeping the process running. After that I went to the blog, to read the update message - and the DANGER! Yeah, I know, shame on me.

But here is my idea:
There is this message when updating, that you have to re-run the updater and sometimes a confirmation y/n. Wouldn't it be super nice, to have these kind of danger or very important messages before starting the update process? Just a "this is a big update - please read the blog before". Not everytime, just in those cases where it would be good to read first. Just in case.

Motivation

• more information before updating
• can plan some extra time if something needs manual assistance or just an extra look the logs/htop
• everyone could read the blog before updating and incoming big changes

Additional context

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[DerLinkman]

Yes that's what i already thought about too. Yeah that should be pretty easily be implemented.

[DerLinkman]

I'm currently testing with the dialog packages to create such modal boxes:

I can also imagine some sort of this style for a rewrote update.sh in the long run with such "Did you read the changelog ... blabla etc."

[atomtigerzoo]

Great idea and this looks really cool! But I would keep it simple like the message shown or used right now. Just add a colored (red/pink) warning for updates like the recent one or for breaking changes.

Otherwise it could happen - when this dialog is shown every time (with hints that should be known and followed anyway as a happy sysadmin) - then I (and possibly others too) will just click it away like a cookie banner on third sighting ☺

[DerLinkman]

Thats there bad then :)

But yes i'll also think about a variant like --non-interactive-mode or something which is not displaying this boxes, except writing it in shell.

[atomtigerzoo]

Yeah, I know it's my and the others fault, running the update script without visiting the blog first. Not the best attitude sometimes :)
But this is what my tickets intend was: warn only when (really) neccessary. The dialog is really good looking, but I think it will still hide the important information when needed.