By all means sign me up. Incidentally, I have debconfized the following:
magicfilter postfix base-passwd libpaperg libpaper I did the first three about a month ago and sent the patches to the maintainers. None have yet integrated it. The last one I did just recently and sent in the patch, but I won't fault the libpaperg maintainer for not integrating it yet :-) I'll continue to work on others. The Debconf Ray is next focusing on ispell (fear) -- John "Sean 'Shaleh' Perry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I started this afternoon submitting bugs against packages which print verbose > output in their maintainer scripts. The future that Debian must take is to > fully support debconf. To further this goal I will continue submitting > patches > to any package which prompts the user in a maintainer script. > > If any maintainer would like > > a) to join in the effort > b) me to debconf their package or need help doing so > > please mail me. > > With debconf, Debian can have its own kickstart, or unattended installs, and > all > the other little things that people have been asking for years to have Debian > support. This also means that companies using Debian to not have to rip apart > packages because they ask too many questions. > > As for my patches to make maintainer scripts quiet, the days where the > messages > were useful have passed. They now whiz by during install leaving users > wondering if they missed something. Or they scare the newbie. I watched an > install yesterday where a package ran a tex function and echoed all the output > to screen -- you know what tex output looks like to the unsuspecting? With > task packages, users do not always know exactly what packages are being > installed. > > I am not asking for Debian to coddle newbies. But the little things like > package installation output can be easily changed. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- John Goerzen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> www.complete.org Sr. Software Developer, Progeny Linux Systems, Inc. www.progenylinux.com #include <std_disclaimer.h> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
