Mark Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Since debconf is not really appreciated for this use, what is the best >> solution ? Inform users with debconf or give them informations only in >> changelog and README.Debian ? > > What makes you think that a debconf note is inappropriate for this? It > appears to be quite a common thing to do and seems helpful.
Just because lots of people are doing it doesn't mean that it's good practice. I for one am sick and tired of useless Debconf messages popping up during installation or being sent to me via email when I'm upgrading hundreds of machines automatically. -- Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 is out! ( http://www.debian.org/ ) Email: Herbert Xu ~{PmV>HI~} <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Home Page: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/ PGP Key: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/pubkey.txt
