Hi,
I've got another job for you - I'm not able to fix it within hours
this time.
We should detect superflous {pre,post}{inst,rm} questions and ask the
maintainers to remove them.
Rationale:
Debian GNU/Linux is already known as the one and only distribution
that bothers the user with as many questions as it can. This makes
the installation of Debian somewhat painful and non-intactive.
Although there is - theoretically - another sub-project that
addresses non-interactive installations which should try to reduce
user required input of data.
Here are two examples which I saw today:
. Lynx
Your homepage is http://www.(your domain)/
The default as given by lynx looks proper for many cases. Please
simply use it. People who want to change this should be able to
edit the configuration file: dpkg -s lynx -> /etc/lynx.cfg
. gom
The postinst of gom has a postinst configuration script which
contains 'if you're unsure or don't know... it's safe to quit'
This indicates that the default configuration is proper for most of
the cases. Please don't ask but provide a gomconfig (haven't
checked that yet)
Regards,
Joey
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