On Tue, Feb 9, 2021 at 4:51 AM Jeffrey Walton <noloa...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Tue, Feb 9, 2021 at 2:41 AM John Paul Adrian Glaubitz > <glaub...@physik.fu-berlin.de> wrote: > > > > > On Feb 9, 2021, at 8:37 AM, Jeffrey Walton <noloa...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > On Tue, Feb 9, 2021 at 2:21 AM John Paul Adrian Glaubitz > > > <glaub...@physik.fu-berlin.de> wrote: > > >> > > >>>> On Feb 9, 2021, at 8:07 AM, Jeffrey Walton <noloa...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >>> > > >>> After install the machine reboots automatically. We are not given an > > >>> opportunity to stop the reboot. > > >>> In fact, we are not even told a reboot > > >>> is going to happen. > > >> > > >> That’s not true. The last screen does exactly that. It asks you whether > > >> you are ready to reboot. > > >> > > >>> Maybe the installer needs a step that confirms the > > >>> reboot with a Yes/No prompt? > > >> > > >> It already does that. > > > > > > I'm probably being too pendactice from the UX point of view. > > > > > > (1) The last screen says a reboot is needed. The prompt is <Continue> > > > or <Go Back>. > > > > > > (2) The last screen does not say a reboot will be performed, and does > > > not offer a choice to not reboot. > > > > > > When I was faced with (1), I selected <Continue> thinking I could drop > > > into a shell and perform the extra steps. > > > > > > (3) The last screen should say something like, "A reboot is required. > > > Reboot Now? <Yes> <No>". > > > > > > If the message and prompt is changed to (3), then the message will > > > more closely follow the existing behavior. It will improve the UX > > > experience. > > > > Well, I‘m not concerned with this part of debian-installer which is > > maintained by multiple people. > > > > If you would like to get that changed, the debian-boot mailing list is your > > friend. > > > > I‘m not in charge with all of debian-installer. > > Thanks. The issue was raised at > https://lists.debian.org/debian-powerpc/2021/02/msg00011.html. > > It looks like the debian-installer folks are getting ready to provide > a new release of the installer > (https://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/). Hopefully they will > take the feedback and address the issue before the next release of the > installer.
My bad, here's the URL: https://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2021/02/msg00109.html. Jeff
