NEWS, upgrading: document deprecation of --forks

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index e7fa143e8038c8156900bec41ac3a056aead3d80..b8a097e7e32d9af716c26fcfac8e851fc2cc0d87 100644 (file)
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ Incompatible changes
 - see upgrading guide: https://knot-resolver.readthedocs.io/en/stable/upgrading.html
 - net.listen() throws an error if it fails to bind; use freebind option if needed
 - control socket location has changed
+- -f/--forks is deprecated (#529, !919)
 
 Improvements
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diff --git a/doc/upgrading.rst b/doc/upgrading.rst
index 6e53758b53e04b84f958cb67bd4cd7bac5e1d36c..e2e979ee570322fa3f1c8079d78126b298a0e535 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/upgrading.rst
+++ b/doc/upgrading.rst
@@ -21,6 +21,11 @@ Users
      "with systemd","``/run/knot-resolver/control@$ID``","``/run/knot-resolver/control/$ID``"
      "without systemd","``$PWD/tty/$PID``","``$PWD/control/$PID``"
 
+* ``-f`` / ``--forks`` command-line option is deprecated.
+  In case you just want to trigger non-interactive mode, there's new ``-n`` / ``--noninteractive``.
+  This forking style `was not ergonomic <https://gitlab.labs.nic.cz/knot/knot-resolver/issues/529>`_;
+  with independent kresd processes you can better utilize a process manager (e.g. systemd).
+
 
 Configuration file
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