Quoting sean finney ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > The debconf note in this package basically says "this software must be > > configured to work". > > actually, what is says is "the cacti package" (different package) must be > configured to use spine. that is, once you install spine and configure it > correctly, you must still log into the web interface of a seperate > application (cacti) and configure it to read the data from this program. > > > This is debconf abuse and invasive to users. Useless interruptions of > > package installation process should be avoided. > > given the above, do you still say the same applies? i would personally find > the installation non-intuitive otherwise, but i guess i could see the > argument for README.Debian instead of the debconf note.
Well, yes, I still think the same applies. Dropping a note to basically say that "something must be configured for this software to work" is still debconf abuse, IMHO. Peopel installing the package are expected to read the needed documentation to know how and if it (or something else) should be configured to work. So, yes, I think this belong to README.Debian.
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