Re: Stupid use of debconf award

2003-04-17 Thread Brian May
On Mon, Apr 14, 2003 at 02:13:32PM +0200, Josselin Mouette wrote: > Maybe it should be recalled to everyone that debconf is not a place for > asking users a bunch of stupid crap (how many % of our users know what > is SNMP ?), but a place to configure the few things that cannot be > autodected. Tha

Re: Stupid use of debconf award

2003-04-15 Thread Denis Barbier
On Tue, Apr 15, 2003 at 08:45:04PM +1000, Hamish Moffatt wrote: [...] > So my complaints list about debconf questions is: > 1. Bad grammar or spelling (in the English templates); > 2. Questions/notes that assume too much background knowledge; and > 3. Questions/notes which are just too trivial to w

Re: Stupid use of debconf award

2003-04-15 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Tue, Apr 15, 2003 at 07:15:13PM +0900, Junichi Uekawa wrote: > > Should we have a review of all debconf questions on debian-qa perhaps? > > Anyone interested? > > That would be interesting. > Translating some debconf entries, some look too difficult. > I guess many people are looking at debconf

Re: Stupid use of debconf award

2003-04-15 Thread Junichi Uekawa
> Should we have a review of all debconf questions on debian-qa perhaps? > Anyone interested? That would be interesting. Translating some debconf entries, some look too difficult. I guess many people are looking at debconf questions while translating, but aren't very expressive about it. regar

Re: Stupid use of debconf award

2003-04-14 Thread Michael Alan Dorman
Josselin Mouette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > After re-reading my message, I would like to apologize for having been > unnecessarily rude, being already tense for other reasons. Apology accepted. > I don't want to handle libnet-perl, but I can try to provide a patch > for that specific issue if

Re: Stupid use of debconf award

2003-04-14 Thread Josef Spillner
On Monday 14 April 2003 14:13, Josselin Mouette wrote: > Please, kick out all those questions. They have nothing to do here and > should be replaced by either configuration files or autodetection. There > have been 4 bug reports for more than 6 months asking for this and you > haven't even replied

Re: Stupid use of debconf award

2003-04-14 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Mon, Apr 14, 2003 at 02:13:32PM +0200, Josselin Mouette wrote: > I'd like to congratulate Michael Alan Dorman for the most stupid and > annoying use of debconf. The bunch of questions asked on the libnet-perl > installation are just annoying people installing it for what it is : a > dependency f

Re: Stupid use of debconf award

2003-04-14 Thread Josselin Mouette
Michael Alan Dorman a écrit : > Josselin, > > As I have publically stated before, I will happily give up this > package to someone who is obviously motivated to improve it > > Are you that person? After re-reading my message, I would like to apologize for having been unnecessarily rude, being a

Re: Stupid use of debconf award

2003-04-14 Thread Goulais, Raphael
On Monday 14 April 2003 14:30, Josselin Mouette wrote: > Maybe it should be recalled to everyone that debconf is not a place for > asking users a bunch of stupid crap (how many % of our users know what > is SNMP ?), but a place to configure the few things that cannot be > autodected. Thank you. I

Re: Stupid use of debconf award

2003-04-14 Thread Michael Alan Dorman
Josselin, As I have publically stated before, I will happily give up this package to someone who is obviously motivated to improve it Are you that person? Mike

Re: Stupid use of debconf award

2003-04-14 Thread Jérôme Marant
En réponse à Josselin Mouette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Maybe it should be recalled to everyone that debconf is not a place > for > asking users a bunch of stupid crap (how many % of our users know what > is SNMP ?), but a place to configure the few things that cannot be > autodected. Thank you. And

Stupid use of debconf award

2003-04-14 Thread Josselin Mouette
I'd like to congratulate Michael Alan Dorman for the most stupid and annoying use of debconf. The bunch of questions asked on the libnet-perl installation are just annoying people installing it for what it is : a dependency for packages needing networking functionality for perl. Please, kick out a