> There is this constant trade off between too many and too few questions. > I think that because apt told you what it was about to remove, and the > fact that most of the laptop world has an idea of what pcmcia is, we have > asked enough questions here. We can't make the package essential because > it isn't for people that don't have laptops.
All very good points, which I agree with, but... > My personal opinion is that cdroms are the best for laptops, and people > should expect problems when upgrading to anything except stable. #1 This presupposes the existence of a cdrom drive for said laptop. #2 This presupposes that a CD copy of Debian is readily available. #3 This issue affects upgrading to stable, too! I've been bitten by this one a few times, as have other people I know. It can be really annoying. Personally, I don't think this issue should be ignored. One possible solution to this would be to modify the PCMCIA pre-remove scripts to ask a question if and only if a configured PCMCIA network device is found. For users who don't have any PCMCIA devices, the package could remove itself silently, and for users who are upgrading through a PCMCIA modem or LAN, a critical level question could be asked. This solves the problem without needing to kludge apt or annoy too many non-PCMCIA users. Eric -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
