Hi Peter, On Fri, Nov 23, 2012 at 11:38:46PM +0000, Peter Davis wrote: > > > Package: wnpp Severity: RFP > > > > > > Sorry if this is the wrong forum or format; I'm an Ubuntu newbie. > > > Upgrading > > > Ubuntu from one release to the next can take hours, most of which time the > > > system just gets on with its work. Time for a cup of tea, or to get on > > > with > > > a bit of Latin translation in another room. But every now and then, some > > > package demands user intervention, sends a request, and just hangs, > > > waiting. > > > Could you ring a bell, or something, to attract user attention, when this > > > happens? Otherwise nothing gets done, and the upgrade can take hours > > > longer > > > than it need, depending on how often progress is monitored. > > > > I'm closing this bug because it isn't useful. Feel free to reopen this bug, > > setting the title correctly, providing the right information... I suggest > > that > > you have a look at other RFS bug reports to get an idea of what is expected. > > Following your suggestion, I had a look at a number of RFS bug reports. > Could understand hardly a word of them - so I am unfitted to raise one - > though it is clear that the ones which have been accepted have been a very > precise specification from one technician to another. Indeed, I rather > suspected when I raised mine that this was the wrong arena in which to make > an enhancement request to aid usability, and so it seems. > > Would you be kind enough to point me towards the right place, somewhere where > a user like me ought to be able to make suggestions in plain English, > please? As you will have seen, my request was in no sense a response to a > "bug". Nor was it, as so many, a plea by its author for a sponsor to take up > the integration of a developed package. > > I feel that there ought to be an arena for users to express their ideas, but > I'm afraid that the RFS bug route was the only one I could find which came > near to that, and I hope that there is a suitable forum somewhere. > > [I'm slightly miffed, however, that you dismiss my suggestion as being not > "useful"! I reckon that, minimal as it is, it would be quite helpful and a > nice addition, were it to be implemented.]
If you want to suggest to modify the Ubuntu installation process to produce a beep when user input is needed, then https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug is a good starting point. If you are looking for a forum for Ubuntu users to discuss the Ubuntu installation process in plain English, then http://ubuntuforums.org/ is a good starting point. For Debian they are http://www.debian.org/Bugs/ and http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/ . Regards, Bart Martens -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-wnpp-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20121124070303.gc9...@master.debian.org
