On Thu, 6 Dec 2001, Anthony Towns wrote: >... > If debconf isn't good enough that everyone's not using it voluntarily > (lilo has been converted *from* debconf), then the obvious thing to do > is to improve debconf, not try to force everyone to make their packages > worse. >...
Which of these cases is true? 1. debconf misses functionality needed 2. bugs in debconf 3. it's some work to use debconf The only important thing is 1. 2. isn't really an issue because Joey Hess is really quick with fixing bugs. It's some work for a maintainer to convert a package that simply uses things like "cat <<EOM" for interaction with the user to debconf - and if the maintainer is for any reason not willing to convert his package (he might even refuse a patch) the only way to force him to make this change is when policy says he has to do it. > Cheers, > aj cu Adrian -- Get my GPG key: finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] | gpg --import Fingerprint: B29C E71E FE19 6755 5C8A 84D4 99FC EA98 4F12 B400
