On Wed, Mar 26, 2003 at 02:37:29AM +0000, Colin Watson wrote: > On Tue, Mar 25, 2003 at 07:39:44PM +0000, Pigeon wrote: > > On Tue, Mar 25, 2003 at 03:46:54PM +1100, Cameron Hutchison wrote: > > > A policy of "Sensible by default" (which I believe debian employs) > > > pretty much means you've got to install xdm when you install X. > > > > What's wrong with something along the lines of: (Wording could > > probably be improved) > > > > You are installing the X Windows system. > > If you like, you can also install the xdm X Display Manager, which > > gives you a graphical login prompt on bootup instead of a text console > > login. > > > > Do you want a graphical login? [Y/n] > > It's technically pretty hard to have a debconf question that asks > whether you want to install another package. Maintainer scripts in > general don't operate at that layer.
I see, right. > Potentially you could have display managers ask whether they should be > active, but I don't maintain any of them so I'm hesitant to say whether > this would be a good idea. Right. I think it would solve the problem, but it is (as other people have implied) kind of yucky. And I don't maintain any of them either... :-) > > Knowing that this is not true, I unselected xdm in dselect... which of > > course made it start moaning like mad... enough to put any new user > > off not having xdm. Or if it doesn't you still have to figure out what > > hoops to jump through to make it accept your choices. > > I imagine this'll be easier with dselect post-stable, which doesn't moan > so much when you deselect a package which a selected package recommends. Phew! (wipes sweat from brow) > > Is there some issue connected with the packaging system that makes it > > really hard to ask if you want a graphical login? Not being into the > > details of the packaging system, I can't rule out the possibility of > > some weirditude making the answer "yes". > > Yes, kind of. See above. :) Thanks. That's useful to know - sheds some light on the shall-we-ask-a-question side of this debate. Pigeon -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
