On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 01:45:56PM +0200, Felix Zielcke wrote: > Am Freitag, den 26.06.2009, 18:19 +0200 schrieb Robert Millan: > > On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 02:29:47PM +0200, Holger Levsen wrote: > > > Hi Felix, > > > > > > On Mittwoch, 27. Mai 2009, Felix Zielcke wrote: > > > > We could remove the `ascii.pf2' and so only break the graphical terminal > > > > on a package purge, but I don't think it would be good to remove the > > > > whole /boot/grub. Maybe people want to purge the package but still wants > > > > to have a working grub2. > > > > > > Huh, they remove, even purge the grub-pc package and still expect it to > > > be > > > working? If I remove apache, I dont expect the webserver to be still > > > working. > > > > > > I dont understand ;-) > > > > Hi, > > > > Apache doesn't install to your MBR. As long as GRUB is in MBR, user will > > expect it to work. We can't wipe out files that are critical to its boot > > process because it's not something that every user will expect. So the > > only option is to be on the safe side. > > > > Maybe we could add a debconf prompt on purge to clear all grub2 files > from /boot/grub. > But I think that should default to no
I agree. Should be fine, as long as it defaults to no. > and so piuparts would still be not > happy. This is too critical. We can't compromise on it just for the sake of making piuparts happy. Hopefully a debconf template will satisfy most users. -- Robert Millan The DRM opt-in fallacy: "Your data belongs to us. We will decide when (and how) you may access your data; but nobody's threatening your freedom: we still allow you to remove your data and not access it at all." -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
