On Sun, Nov 19, 2017 at 07:51:24PM +0100, Samuel Thibault wrote: > Wouter Verhelst, on dim. 19 nov. 2017 19:27:16 +0100, wrote: > > On Sun, Nov 19, 2017 at 04:31:21PM +0100, Samuel Thibault wrote: > > > Wouter Verhelst, on dim. 19 nov. 2017 16:12:13 +0100, wrote: > > > > - That would require that at least part of the functionality that's > > > > already implemented in the other udeb (e.g., asking for username etc) > > > > be duplicated into the proposed new udeb. That seems like a waste. > > > > > > But the idea was precisely to reshape that question, to make it more > > > beginner-friendly. > > > > We can reshape questions reglardless of whether we implement the > > overview screen that I'm talking about. > > I believe there is a misunderstanding: I'm not saying that the existing > questions should be modified. I'm saying that the way questions should > be asked in the overview screen that you propose is very different from > the existing questions (basically they'll be extremely simple). And thus > it's not a duplication, since they'll be completely different.
Mmm. I'm not sure that's actually true, but that's orthogonal to the point. > I agree that implementing the overview screen is a much faster step > to have something that doesn't frighten beginners away, rather than > rephrasing our existing questions yet another time. I was really not > suggesting the latter. Right. I'll see if I can find the time to have a stab at trying to come up with something that would work. We can then decide what to do with the actual questions that get asked from the overview screen later :-) -- Could you people please use IRC like normal people?!? -- Amaya Rodrigo Sastre, trying to quiet down the buzz in the DebConf 2008 Hacklab