Re: Non-free package documentation requirement

1998-05-24 Thread Mike Orr
> On Tue, Apr 07, 1998 at 07:05:33PM +0100, Ian Jackson wrote: > > I propose the following extra requirement for non-free and contrib > > packages: > > > > A package which is non-free must contain a file > > /usr/doc//README.non-free (or one of its dependencies must > > contain a relevant such fil

Re: Proposal: Automatic query servicing for dpkg installation scripts

1998-05-24 Thread Jules Bean
In general, I'm not a big fan of 'me too' messages, but sometimes they are appropriate. I'd therefor like to say that I agree pretty much exactly with what Jim just said. That's what we need, all right. Jules /+---+-\ | Jelibean a

Re: Proposal: Automatic query servicing for dpkg installation scripts

1998-05-24 Thread James R. Van Zandt
Andreas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >wouldn't it be better to not ask any question at all as part of the >core installation process? Yes. I suggest that we need, primarily, three things: 1) The package installer should be able to get configuration information from several places: -