On Wed, Oct 23, 2002 at 07:38:29PM -0400, Colin Walters wrote:
> > PGI already does something similar to what you describe.
>
> I see; how hard would it be to integrate into the main Debian package?
> I guess my main point here is that it's a solvable problem; I don't
> think this approach goes a
On Wed, 2002-10-23 at 18:01, Branden Robinson wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 23, 2002 at 02:52:43PM -0400, Colin Walters wrote:
> > Ok, here's the way I see things happening. We use discover and friends
> > to populate the debconf database, like you do now in the xserver-xfree86
> > .config script. We only
On Wed, Oct 23, 2002 at 07:38:29PM -0400, Colin Walters wrote:
> > PGI already does something similar to what you describe.
>
> I see; how hard would it be to integrate into the main Debian package?
> I guess my main point here is that it's a solvable problem; I don't
> think this approach goes a
On Wed, Oct 23, 2002 at 02:52:43PM -0400, Colin Walters wrote:
> Ok, here's the way I see things happening. We use discover and friends
> to populate the debconf database, like you do now in the xserver-xfree86
> .config script. We only ask the user to confirm at a priority of
> "low". The defau
On Wed, 2002-10-23 at 18:01, Branden Robinson wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 23, 2002 at 02:52:43PM -0400, Colin Walters wrote:
> > Ok, here's the way I see things happening. We use discover and friends
> > to populate the debconf database, like you do now in the xserver-xfree86
> > .config script. We only
On Wed, Oct 23, 2002 at 02:52:43PM -0400, Colin Walters wrote:
> Ok, here's the way I see things happening. We use discover and friends
> to populate the debconf database, like you do now in the xserver-xfree86
> .config script. We only ask the user to confirm at a priority of
> "low". The defau
On Mon, 2002-10-21 at 18:21, 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 u
On Mon, 2002-10-21 at 18:21, 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 u
On Mon, Oct 21, 2002 at 09:32:43PM -0400, Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> 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.
[...]
> Anyone who is bewildered by technical questions should have the
On Mon, Oct 21, 2002 at 09:32:43PM -0400, Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> 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.
[...]
> Anyone who is bewildered by technical questions should have the
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
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
On Mon, Oct 21, 2002 at 05:21:00PM -0400, Colin Walters wrote:
> On Mon, 2002-10-21 at 13:54, Branden Robinson wrote:
> > I'll be rewriting it from scratch over the coming months and trying to
> > work out a strategy for letting the user select between up to three
> > sources of information:
> >
>
On Mon, Oct 21, 2002 at 05:21:00PM -0400, Colin Walters wrote:
> On Mon, 2002-10-21 at 13:54, Branden Robinson wrote:
> > I'll be rewriting it from scratch over the coming months and trying to
> > work out a strategy for letting the user select between up to three
> > sources of information:
> >
>
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