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Debian bug tracking system administrator (administrator, Debian Bugs database) -------------------------------------- Received: (at submit) by bugs.debian.org; 13 Oct 2003 14:33:16 +0000 >From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Oct 13 09:33:15 2003 Return-path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Received: from kitenet.net [64.62.161.42] by master.debian.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 1 (Debian)) id 1A93l5-0007Qg-00; Mon, 13 Oct 2003 09:33:15 -0500 Received: from dragon.kitenet.net (pm3naxs21-28.access.naxs.com [216.98.95.28]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "Joey Hess", Issuer "Joey Hess" (verified OK)) by kitenet.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8270017E1F for <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Mon, 13 Oct 2003 14:33:13 +0000 (GMT) Received: by dragon.kitenet.net (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 9A4DB6E7CD; Mon, 13 Oct 2003 01:27:18 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2003 01:27:18 -0400 From: Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Debian Bug Tracking System <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: move short descriptions to the bottom in the dialog frontend Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="Qxx1br4bt0+wmkIi" Content-Disposition: inline X-Reportbug-Version: 2.34 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-5.7 required=4.0 tests=BAYES_20,DATE_IN_PAST_06_12,HAS_PACKAGE version=2.53-bugs.debian.org_2003_10_13 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.53-bugs.debian.org_2003_10_13 (1.174.2.15-2003-03-30-exp) --Qxx1br4bt0+wmkIi Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Package: cdebconf Severity: normal cdebconf currently displays the short description from a template near the top of the dialog box, in a special color. This is unlike debconf, which puts the short description at the bottom of the dialo box, just above the widget that the user can use to answer the question. I think that debconf's behavior is better, because it encurages useful short descriptions that can serve as prompts, and can be read in leu of reading the whole long descrioption, to get the gist of the question if the user is in a hurry. For example, here is a template from debian-installer: Template: cdrom-checker/start Type: boolean Default: false _Description: CD-ROM integrity check Warning: this check depends on your hardware and may take some time. Are you sure that you want to continue? This short description cannot stand on its own, and in a text-type frontend, the display will probably be something like this: Warning: this check depends on your hardware and may take some time.=20 Are you sure that you want to continue?=20 CD-ROM integrity check _ If cdebconf worked like debconf (or if more people used its text frontend), the natural thing would be to write the same question thus: _Description: Do you want to continue with the integrity check? Warning: this check depends on your hardware and may take some time. Note that currently in debian-installer, there are plenty of templates using the first style, and plenty using the second. But there is still time to fix them all to use a consistent style, and so I hope this change can be made soon, so they get the *right* consistent style. Note also that the exception to this rule is the note (and for cdebconf, error) question types. For these, in debconf, the short description is displayed at the top, same as in cdebconf. -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable Architecture: i386 Kernel: Linux dragon 2.4.22 #1 Sun Oct 12 15:11:10 EDT 2003 i686 Locale: LANG=3DC, LC_CTYPE=3DC --=20 see shy jo --Qxx1br4bt0+wmkIi Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Digital signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/ije1d8HHehbQuO8RAk/NAJ413RQSHLkEQbZKqm1lbXgXOh0NfgCgyBSd oXlY3e9LyFdstShoSJfXKfU= =jpZ3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Qxx1br4bt0+wmkIi-- --------------------------------------- Received: (at 215582-done) by bugs.debian.org; 31 Oct 2003 19:41:22 +0000 >From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri Oct 31 13:41:21 2003 Return-path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Received: from pat.uio.no [129.240.130.16] by master.debian.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 1 (Debian)) id 1AFf95-0000Jp-00; Fri, 31 Oct 2003 13:41:19 -0600 Received: from mail-mx6.uio.no ([129.240.10.47]) by pat.uio.no with esmtp (Exim 4.20) id 1AFf94-0001Zt-Tm; Fri, 31 Oct 2003 20:41:18 +0100 Received: from saruman.uio.no ([129.240.201.202]) by mail-mx6.uio.no with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 1AFf90-0002r2-H5; Fri, 31 Oct 2003 20:41:14 +0100 Received: from pre by saruman.uio.no with local (Exim 2.12 #7) id 1AFf90-0003Ib-00; Fri, 31 Oct 2003 20:41:14 +0100 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Close bugs From: Petter Reinholdtsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sender: Petter Reinholdtsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2003 20:41:14 +0100 X-MailScanner-Information: This message has been scanned for viruses/spam. Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] if you have questions about this scanning. X-UiO-MailScanner: No virus found Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.0 required=4.0 tests=BAYES_00 version=2.53-bugs.debian.org_2003_10_31 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.53-bugs.debian.org_2003_10_31 (1.174.2.15-2003-03-30-exp) These bugs are fixed in CVS, and should have been closed on the last upload. Closing them now. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]