On Mon, Oct 21, 2002 at 05:21:00PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > On Mon, Oct 21, 2002 at 05:21:00PM -0400, Colin Walters wrote: > > Speaking with my Debian Desktop hat on, I would prefer it if you took > > the approach of just trying what the autodetection tools said, and only > > if that fails, offer the user a choice of options. > > The Debconf spec won't let me do that. If DEBIAN_PRIORITY is "low", I > need to grind to a halt and wait for the user to confirm, e.g., the usage > of the "XFree86" server and "tdfx" driver for his Voodoo3 3000 card.
If DEBIAN_PRIORITY is "low", then this is exactly what the user is asking for. They want to see everything, even questions that have an appropriate default. > > If the autodetection tools give incorrect information, then that's a bug > > in those tools we should fix. If the X server doesn't get enough > > information from the autodetection tools, then we should fix that. > > I agree, but there is simply no way to completely eliminate the > interactivity, *even if* the autodetection tools work perfectly, and still > play the Debconf game. Anyone who is bewildered by technical questions should have their priority set to high. Nearly everything should be non-interactive at that point, unless something goes wrong. -- - mdz -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]