Bug#372077: Scary message on new installations
On Mon, Jul 03, 2006 at 01:19:59PM -0400, David Nusinow wrote: > On Mon, Jul 03, 2006 at 10:03:25AM +0200, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > > > > IME, it only lists NEWS.Debian files on upgrades... > > Mine as well. I had a ton of clueless users early on in the transition to > 7.0 because I had documented things in NEWS.Debian, which they were never > shown because the package was new. I don't want to go down that road again. > > - David Nusinow Now in #372077 also. hth gst -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#372077: Scary message on new installations
On Sun, Jul 02, 2006 at 11:43:27PM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote: > On Sat, Jul 01, 2006 at 04:53:56PM -0400, David Nusinow wrote: > > Right, but it might be a sufficient hint so that aptitude, and maybe apt, > > will do the right thing. > > This change *will* be sufficient to allow aptitude and apt to do the right > thing *in a greater number of cases*. Just how large a coverage this will > give, I can't say -- the only good way to find out is to try it and see what > upgrade testers have to say about it. > > > Ok... I'll lower the priority of the note to medium and add the > > xserver-xfree86 dummy package. Hopefully that'll be sufficient. As > > discussed elsewhere, I'd prefer to use NEWS.Debian, but it won't be shown > > to the user in this case, so a medium priority debconf abusing note should > > suffice. > > What do you mean, "in this case"? I don't see why NEWS.Debian is any less > appropriate here than in other cases. Is there some concern about > apt-listchanges not listing NEWS files for newly-installed packages? > > -- > Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS > Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.debian.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#372077: Scary message on new installations
On Mon, Jul 03, 2006 at 10:03:25AM +0200, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > On Sun, Jul 02, 2006 at 11:43:27PM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote: > > appropriate here than in other cases. Is there some concern about > > apt-listchanges not listing NEWS files for newly-installed packages? > > IME, it only lists NEWS.Debian files on upgrades... > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#372077: Scary message on new installations
On Sat, Jul 01, 2006 at 04:53:56PM -0400, David Nusinow wrote: > On Sat, Jul 01, 2006 at 12:06:16AM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote: > > > > It is still valid for aptitude to remove xserver-xfree86, even as a > > transitional package, if the old version is conflicted with. There's > > nothing in our packaging system that lets you mark a particular package as > > "not to be removed on upgrade". A dummy xserver-xfree86 package may fix > > this for most users, though. > > Right, but it might be a sufficient hint so that aptitude, and maybe apt, > will do the right thing. Ok... I'll lower the priority of the note to > medium and add the xserver-xfree86 dummy package. Hopefully that'll be > sufficient. As discussed elsewhere, I'd prefer to use NEWS.Debian, but it > won't be shown to the user in this case, so a medium priority debconf > abusing note should suffice. > > - David Nusinow > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
