Hi! Until now I haven't given much thought about how the debconf priority should change the behaviour of the partitioner. Se lets discuss this.
CRITICAL PRIORITY I suppose that this priority should be used for noniteractive installs. Actually it is possible to use some noninteractive frontend but priority=critical is preferable as if something goes wrong the user can easily be told. Acording to debconf specification this priority is for `items that will probably break the system without user intervention'. Suppose we reach noninteractively the partitioner. The first question is `Please choose a partition, free space or device to edit'. In this menu there are not only items for each device and partition, but also items such as `Undo the partitioning', `End the partitioning', etc. If the package `partman-auto' is unpacked then it adds an item `Automaticaly partition the storage devices'. In this case the question is asked with medium priority and the item of partman-auto will be automaticaly chosen. If `partman-auto' is not unpacked then the priority of the menu will be critical because all other items require user interaction. The first question of partman-auto will be `Please choose how the storage devices should be automaticaly partitioned' and the options are `use the free spaces', `use the whole space in some of the storage devices' and `do custom partitioning'. The priority of this question is high. Probaby the database of cdebconf is filled somehow with answers to this and the next questions. When it isn't the default option will be to use the free spaces. If there isn't enough free space then we will be returned back to the menu to choose how the storage devices should be used but the priority will be raised from high to critical. Suppose now that the automatical partitioning finishes successfuly. Then we are returned back to the main partitioning menu (`choose a partition, free space or device to edit'). Its priority is raised from medium to high but high is less than critical so again the menu won't be shown. On this time default option is to `end the partitioning' so the installer happily continues. HIGH PRIORITY First time the main partitioning menu won't be shown because of the priority and as in the previous case we reach the menu of partman-auto. Its priority is high so the user will see it. Now the user has the option to select `do custom partitioning' in which case the main partitioning menu will be shown again. Its priority will be raised so the user will see it. If the user decides to use automatical partitioning then when it finishes we again reach the main partitioning menu. Its priority is raised from medium to high so it will be shown. The user can see the result of the automatical partitioning. Some things can be changed or even completely undone. The default option in the menu is to `end the partitioning'. If the results are satisfactory then the user only has to press <enter> and the installation continues. MEDIUM PRIORITY The installers main-menu is shown. The main partitioning menu is also shown. The user will be shown some warnings issued by parted. LOW PRIORITY Like with medium priority but the user will be shown also some informational messages by parted. Anton Zinoviev -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
