>>> it's really up to you to keep it up-to-date. I did consider adding a
>>> new item about this rather than just mentioning it in the changelog,
>>> since I knew it would break locally modified templates -- but I've
->>> never documented template changes in the new file before, and most of
+>>> never documented template changes in the news file before, and most of
>>> them do lead to breakage of one kind or another if a locally modified
>>> template is not kept up-to-date. I don't think that bloating the news
>>> file with mentions of every single change to every template file would
>>> be a win. --[[Joey]]
->>>> I should have mentioned: yes, I already read the recent CHANGELOG entries. If it (like changes for 2.42) had indicated this was a template change, I would have known and wouldn't have filed the bug. Also maybe the manpage for ikiwiki can mention about local template modifications (I can fix that if not done.)
+>>>> I should have mentioned: yes, I already read the recent CHANGELOG
+>>>> entries. If it (like changes for 2.42) had indicated this was a
+>>>> template change, I would have known and wouldn't have filed the bug.
+>>>> Also maybe the manpage for ikiwiki can mention about local template
+>>>> modifications (I can fix that if not done.)
+
+> Perhaps what I should do is put in a template version check. --[[Joey]]
+>
+> <TMPL_UNLESS IKIWIKI_TEMPLATE_REVISION_20080428>
+> <p><b>This template is not up-to-date with the installed version of
+> ikiwiki, and may not behave correctly until updated.</b></p>
+> </TMPL_IF>