On Thu, 2005-03-10 at 15:04 -0500, Joey Hess wrote: > Christian Perrier wrote: > > The debconf question about printer resolution for xprt-xprintorg has indeed > > a safe default value, so its priority should be lowered, according to > > debconf-devel(7) (and Joey Hess agrees with this....). > > FWIW, my reasoning is this: > > 1. High priority questions as defined as "Items that don't have a > reasonable default", but this question itself states that 600 dpi is > reasonable for most modern printers. > 2. The questions suggests changing the default resolution if the user is > experiencing DPI issues, but the chance of the user experiencing such > issues during a fresh install is zero, since they've not printed yet. > So this question is not suitable for a fresh install, so I assume > most users will if anything be dpkg-reconfiguring the package to > answer the question. Even low priority questions are displayed then. > > Personaslly I think a note in the README.Debian about the problem might > turn out to be more useful than the debconf question. >
The sad truth is there is already a note in the README files. In fact this particular README is title README.printing-problems. People don't read the READMEs either. But that doesn't stop them complaining when their printer does not work. That's why I put the debconf question there in the first place. I didn't want to have to, I thought the README and the FAQ were pretty bloody clear enough about the problem. That also explains why the debconf question is so long. I wanted to make sure these users got the message. If they read neither the debconf question, nor the README, nor the FAQ, then what can we do? (Apart from coding up a dynamic reading of the settings - on the TODO list...). But you're right, the text can probably be reduced. I only made it long because I was thoroughly annoyed and wanted to be sure the point was made. As for the priority, I'm happy to change it for you :) Drew p.s. are you sure you two are not twins? #298956...#298959... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
