From d7a1ee0fe87e6e7d5ea5356a3fb10ef3116beffc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Anderson <davea@ssl.berkeley.edu>
Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2025 01:59:53 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] client: on version change, show notice with link to release
 notes

---
 client/client_state.cpp | 7 ++++---
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/client/client_state.cpp b/client/client_state.cpp
index 7204365a90..b6fce26bdd 100644
--- a/client/client_state.cpp
+++ b/client/client_state.cpp
@@ -422,12 +422,13 @@ bool CLIENT_STATE::is_new_client() {
         || (core_client_version.minor != old_minor_version)
         || (core_client_version.release != old_release)
     ) {
-        msg_printf(NULL, MSG_INFO,
-            "Version change (%d.%d.%d -> %d.%d.%d)",
+        msg_printf_notice(0, true, 0,
+            "The BOINC client version has changed from %d.%d.%d to %d.%d.%d.<p>View the <a href=%s>Client release notes</a>.",
             old_major_version, old_minor_version, old_release,
             core_client_version.major,
             core_client_version.minor,
-            core_client_version.release
+            core_client_version.release,
+            "https://github.com/BOINC/boinc/wiki/Client-release-notes"
         );
         new_client = true;
     }