On Thu, 04 Dec 2003 22:22:07 +0100, Tore Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> * Marc Haber >> Splitting up the config file in small files was necessary to do >> debconf support, which is a Debian requirement. > Debconf support is now required? I'm flabbergasted. Could you > please point me to this section of our policy? I certainly cannot > find it. Not using debconf to prompt users is now a bug, though not (yet) a serious one. ====================================================================== 3.10.1. Prompting in maintainer scripts --------------------------------------- Package maintainer scripts may prompt the user if necessary. Prompting should be done by communicating through a program, such as `debconf', which conforms to the Debian Configuration management specification, version 2 or higher. Prompting the user by other means, such as by hand[1], is now deprecated. ====================================================================== So if the package maintainer scripts interact with the user, not using debconf is a SHOULD violation. manoj -- An ounce of clear truth is worth a pound of obfuscation. Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.debian.org/%7Esrivasta/> 1024R/C7261095 print CB D9 F4 12 68 07 E4 05 CC 2D 27 12 1D F5 E8 6E 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA DABB BF24 424C