After publishing my first draft of the so-called Debconf Templates
Style Guide (DTSGmaybe this acronym is too close from the
DFSG) on October 28th, I have received many input and I have
completed some parts of the document.
Thanks to all people who already commented or encouraged me to
Scripsit Matt Zimmerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> On Fri, Oct 31, 2003 at 07:43:09PM +0100, Henning Makholm wrote:
> > So instead you're recommending an approach that forces the user to
> > choose *before* reconfiguring between
> > a) not being told what the maintainer thought was a sensible default
On Fri, Oct 31, 2003 at 07:43:09PM +0100, Henning Makholm wrote:
> Scripsit Matt Zimmerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> > Of course it would, and I would never recommend doing so.
>
> So instead you're recommending an approach that forces the user to
> choose *before* reconfiguring between
> a) not
Scripsit Matt Zimmerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Of course it would, and I would never recommend doing so.
So instead you're recommending an approach that forces the user to
choose *before* reconfiguring between
a) not being told what the maintainer thought was a sensible default
b) not being told
Scripsit Christian Perrier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > There used to be, somewhere, a guideline that told maintainers to let
> > themselves be inspired by the descriptions in the kernel source's
> > "make fooconfig", especially with regard to telling the user what the
> > conservative default choice i
On Thu, Oct 30, 2003 at 07:07:33AM +0100, Christian Perrier wrote:
> > Someone do this please? :)
>
> Branden, no other comment on my document ?
>
> I was more or less prepared to several (constructive) comments, or
> style corrections, coming from you and I'm wondering whether I should
> be gl
> Someone do this please? :)
Branden, no other comment on my document ?
I was more or less prepared to several (constructive) comments, or
style corrections, coming from you and I'm wondering whether I should
be glad of receiving none.. :-)
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On Tue, Oct 28, 2003 at 11:43:55PM -0500, Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 29, 2003 at 03:52:27AM +0100, Henning Makholm wrote:
> > > The default choice should always be what the user wants if they are
> > > unsure.
> >
> > I'm afraid you need to redesign the entire debconf system then.
>
> No
> There used to be, somewhere, a guideline that told maintainers to let
> themselves be inspired by the descriptions in the kernel source's
> "make fooconfig", especially with regard to telling the user what the
> conservative default choice is. Many of the kernel option descriptions
> do indeed sa
On Wed, Oct 29, 2003 at 03:52:27AM +0100, Henning Makholm wrote:
> That would be a horrible sentence to put into a debconf
> description.
Of course it would, and I would never recommend doing so.
> > The default choice should always be what the user wants if they are
> > unsure.
>
> I'm afraid
Scripsit Matt Zimmerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> On Tue, Oct 28, 2003 at 11:11:13PM +0100, Henning Makholm wrote:
>> especially with regard to telling the user what the conservative
>> default choice is. Many of the kernel option descriptions do indeed
>> say "If unsure, answer No" or the like. Or do
On Tue, Oct 28, 2003 at 11:11:13PM +0100, Henning Makholm wrote:
> There used to be, somewhere, a guideline that told maintainers to let
> themselves be inspired by the descriptions in the kernel source's
> "make fooconfig", especially with regard to telling the user what the
> conservative defaul
Scripsit Christian Perrier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
[much good stuff snipped]
> Templates text should not make reference to widgets belonging to some
> debconf interfaces. Sentences like "I you answer Yes..." have no
> meaning for users of graphical interfaces which use checkboxes for
> boolean questi
write Good
English
-debian-devel because I like being flamed^W^W^W^W^W...because
I want to reach as many DD's as possible
Please commentand remember that this document is far from being
finished... :)
Up to now, thanks to Joey Hess and Denis Barbier for their initial
proofreading.
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