Re: Scary message on new installations

2006-07-03 Thread Steve Langasek
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: On Fri, Jun 30, 2006 at 08:48:31AM -0400, David Nusinow wrote: On Wed, Jun 21, 2006 at 04:05:26PM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote: Since this warning note has been

Re: Scary message on new installations

2006-07-03 Thread Wouter Verhelst
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... -- Fun will now commence -- Seven Of

Bug#372077: Scary message on new installations

2006-07-03 Thread Geert Stappers
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

Bug#372077: Scary message on new installations

2006-07-03 Thread Geert Stappers
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

Re: Scary message on new installations

2006-07-03 Thread David Nusinow
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

Bug#372077: Scary message on new installations

2006-07-03 Thread Geert Stappers
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

Bug#372077: Scary message on new installations

2006-07-02 Thread H t H
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

Re: Scary message on new installations

2006-07-01 Thread Steve Langasek
On Fri, Jun 30, 2006 at 08:48:31AM -0400, David Nusinow wrote: On Wed, Jun 21, 2006 at 04:05:26PM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote: Since this warning note has been added specifically because the xserver is being removed in situations we don't want it to, and the removal is being caused by a new

Re: Scary message on new installations

2006-07-01 Thread Geert Stappers
On Sat, Jul 01, 2006 at 12:06:16AM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote: On Fri, Jun 30, 2006 at 08:48:31AM -0400, David Nusinow wrote: Would putting back xserver-xfree86 as a transitional package suffice? Since I don't know how to reproduce this problem locally, my best guess is that the server

Re: Scary message on new installations

2006-07-01 Thread David Nusinow
On Sat, Jul 01, 2006 at 12:06:16AM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote: On Fri, Jun 30, 2006 at 08:48:31AM -0400, David Nusinow wrote: On Wed, Jun 21, 2006 at 04:05:26PM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote: Since this warning note has been added specifically because the xserver is being removed in

Re: Scary message on new installations

2006-06-30 Thread David Nusinow
On Wed, Jun 21, 2006 at 04:05:26PM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote: Since this warning note has been added specifically because the xserver is being removed in situations we don't want it to, and the removal is being caused by a new package that didn't exist in sarge, it is indeed very difficult

Re: Scary message on new installations

2006-06-21 Thread Steve Langasek
On Wed, Jun 21, 2006 at 06:57:37AM +0200, Christian Perrier wrote: (I think that a crosspost to -boot is deserved here) Quoting Frans Pop ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): On Tuesday 20 June 2006 14:15, Frans Pop wrote: Currently X shows a very scary message that upgrades may go wrong (template:

Scary message on new installations

2006-06-20 Thread Frans Pop
Hi, Currently X shows a very scary message that upgrades may go wrong (template: x11-common/upgrade_issues). If that warning is really needed, that's fine of course. However, the message is also shown for _new_ installations (and thus during new installations using Debian Installer). And from

Re: Scary message on new installations

2006-06-20 Thread Frans Pop
On Tuesday 20 June 2006 14:15, Frans Pop wrote: Currently X shows a very scary message that upgrades may go wrong (template: x11-common/upgrade_issues) on new installations. Note that Joey Hess filed this as http://bugs.debian.org/372077 a while back. We are currently considering upgrading

Re: Scary message on new installations

2006-06-20 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Tue, 2006-06-20 at 19:24 +0200, Frans Pop wrote: On Tuesday 20 June 2006 14:15, Frans Pop wrote: Currently X shows a very scary message that upgrades may go wrong (template: x11-common/upgrade_issues) on new installations. Note that Joey Hess filed this as http://bugs.debian.org/372077