> > In my new version of the fvwm package (2.2-x), there have been radical > > changes. The postinst will do its best not to irrevocably retrieve > > the information it expects to currently be present, but it warns the > > installer that certain information may be lost, thus giving them a > > chance to rescue it first. I do not think that this is an > > unreasonable query, but better ways of handling it are always welcome. > > Please ensure that the user is not bothered if he makes a new installation > such as a fresh slink/potato installation but only sees this message > when upgrading from a proper older version to the current one.
Have done. > > A more questionable example: "Should I make this the default window > > manager?" We could always do so be default, but since the sysadmin > > may have already chosed the default window manager, they may not like > > this behaviour. > > Something has to be done here. I'm not sure what. But being asked > everytime I install any wm, that sucks. I totally agree. I too don't know what, though. Julian =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, QMW, Univ. of London. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Developer. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -*- Finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for my PGP public key. -*-