Brian May wrote: > How about something like this: > > Messages should only be displayed on the console if: > > - it represents a slow task, eg compiling modules (emacs) or compiling > ls-R files (latex). Of course, this is a subjective criteria... What > is a "slow" task?
Policy explictly says you should NOT output things to "stave off boredom on the part of a user". Displaying stuff for tasks that may be slow on my 386 clearly falls under that. > - it represents a task which could potentially crash the computer (not > sure if any actually fall in this criteria???). Yes, yes... > - it represents a task that alters the state of the computer, eg > starting a daemon, or changing a config file. Obviously, this could be > debated... Nearly everything a postinst script does alters the state of the computer. -- see shy jo
