Ola Lundqvist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (20/04/2006): > On Thu, Apr 20, 2006 at 07:32:00PM +0200, Thomas Huriaux wrote: > > All of your debconf notes are typical Debconf abuse. Such notes have no > > added value during the package configuration process. The > > information they contain should go to the package documentation > > and should never stop the installation process. > > You have misunderstood the purpose of this package suite. > > The harden packages provide _nothing_ more than a guide for > the system administrator with conflicts, dependencies and > debconf output. > > That is why I'll now mark this package as wontfix. > > But if you can give me a good explanation on why I should remove > a specific debconf question then I may change my mind. I have > checked the debconf output and can not see that it is anything > wrong with them.
You are speaking about debconf questions, but you are only using debconf notes which are not related with the installation/configuration of the package. Debconf is made to configure a package, not to provide documentation. > The only thing I can see is that maybe the priority can be > discussed, but I think it is valid to have medium for the more > important ones and low for the less important. > > If you want to install a system without being stopped by this > kind of questions you can change the debconf input level or > change the frontend for debconf. I don't want to install a system without being stopped by questions, I want to have to care only about the configuration of the packages I'm installing during the installation process. So, if the installation stop, it should only to prompt for something needed to configure the package or to mention something *very* important I have to do after the installation of the package to get it working. I will check later how to use the package, and I check a package before installing it to know what it is aimed at. Please remember that you have plenty of way to provide documentation: README.Debian, manpages, ... and do not forget to keep debconf for its own purpose: to configure a package. Cheers, -- Thomas Huriaux
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