On Wed, 2002-05-22 at 09:23, Colin Watson wrote: > On Wed, May 22, 2002 at 08:42:37AM -0400, Sean Middleditch wrote: > > > > He said Debconf is fine - I'm assuming it's the retarded packages that > > don't use Debconf that are the problem. He has a valid point - those > > should be expressly denied by Debian policy, Lintian should throw a > > hissy-fit at any package that looks like it prompts w/o Debconf, etc. > > Technically speaking, debconf was only even permitted by policy as of > earlier this release cycle. It's a bit early to mandate it yet. (And > lintian is unlikely to be able to spot packages that don't use it at all > reliably, I should think ...)
Hmm, was unware of the debconf this. But, early this release cycle... doesn't that mean 2 years ago? ~,^ Also, I'd suspect Lintian could easily detect at least the standard shell commands for user input - things like Exim's running eximconf, likely not. But, better than nothing, no? Lintian isn't made to be 100% failproof,just to really help out (and it does). > > Isn't it possible to pop up a terminal-like widget? It doesn't have to > be an actual terminal, just something that can display output and accept > input. Although I assume Seth can do just this, that's ugly as hell for the users. I do not at all want to start up a distro flamewar, but... "all the other distros don't need terminal windows in their updaters." This isn't because the distros can't make use of a terminal, but simply because making a graphical wrapper around an application that still needs a terminal to work is pretty pointless. Now that i think about it, Ximian Red Carpet supporst Debian Potato - I wonder how they deal with this problem? > > -- > Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
