Package: debconf Version: 1.5.27 Severity: wishlist The resolution to bug #183970 was to not present default values in the Readline frontend if using Term::ReadLine::Stub. This means that if libterm-readline-gnu-perl is not installed, hitting enter at the prompt will not use the default value (as would happen in most other frontends), but will give the empty string. This means people hit bugs like #407761.
In fact, the default value is not even presented to the user, so often they will not know what a sensible value to enter would be. And without libterm-readline-gnu-perl, the frontend doesn't really deserve the name 'Readline'. :) Since it is always possible for Dialog to fall back to Readline, and since the interface is verging on unusable without the extension, I think it is worth considering the use of 'Recommends' instead of 'Suggests'. -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.30-1-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages debconf depends on: ii debconf-i18n 1.5.27 full internationalization support ii perl-base 5.10.0-24 minimal Perl system Versions of packages debconf recommends: ii apt-utils 0.7.21 APT utility programs Versions of packages debconf suggests: pn debconf-doc <none> (no description available) pn debconf-utils <none> (no description available) ii dialog 1.1-20080819-1 Displays user-friendly dialog boxe ii gnome-utils 2.26.0-1 GNOME desktop utilities ii libgnome2-perl 1.042-2 Perl interface to the GNOME librar pn libnet-ldap-perl <none> (no description available) pn libqt-perl <none> (no description available) pn libterm-readline-gnu-perl <none> (no description available) ii perl 5.10.0-24 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction ii whiptail 0.52.10-4 Displays user-friendly dialog boxe -- debconf information excluded -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
