On Tue, Jul 05, 2005 at 07:26:33AM +0200, Christian Perrier wrote: > Quoting Peter Palfrader ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > > OTOH, if there is a sensible default (and there is for jed), just pick > > one and be done with it. No need to burden the admin with yet another > > question. > > I beg to disagree here. As long as an appropriate priority is used > (here, probably low) and the requirements mentioned by Petter are met > too, I don't see why using debconf for its purpose would harm, > actually.
Policy 3.10.1 says "Package maintainer scripts may prompt the user if necessary." Is it necessary to ask this question when there is a sensible default? I thought policy said something stronger than that, but I seem to be wrong. Best practice used to be to ask questions only when there was no sensible default whatsoever. Not to ask everything possible just because you can. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
