Michael Piefel wrote:
Is that the question that is asked again and again for all of the
dictionaries I install? No, I don't particularly like it. The questions
should only be asked once all dictionaries are there; how to do that is
beyond me.
No, what you mention is the old behavior. If you install
Am 9.12.02 um 10:30:05 schrieb Agustín Martín Domingo:
> That is already done in ispell dicts and wordlists in unstable.
> [...]
> Hope you like it
Is that the question that is asked again and again for all of the
dictionaries I install? No, I don't particularly like it. The questions
should only
sean finney wrote:
also, the ispell package asks you
which language you use by default. it wouldn't be so hard for these
packages to ask the same things in debconf, or at least respect your
debconf settings, and considering that they ship with stock debian you'd
think that they'd have already done
Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 08, 2002 at 11:06:19AM +0100, Andreas Metzler wrote:
[...]
>> The packaging of Exim's new major version (v4) will use debconf, the
>> preliminary test packages already do.
>> Because the configuration file format has changed in a fundamental
On Sun, Dec 08, 2002 at 11:06:19AM +0100, Andreas Metzler wrote:
> Colin Walters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On Sat, 2002-12-07 at 14:23, Bastian Blank wrote:
> >> On Sat, Dec 07, 2002 at 01:44:31PM -0500, Colin Walters wrote:
> >> > And we could fix the exim issue by switching to Postfix as the
Colin Walters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sat, 2002-12-07 at 14:23, Bastian Blank wrote:
>> On Sat, Dec 07, 2002 at 01:44:31PM -0500, Colin Walters wrote:
>> > And we could fix the exim issue by switching to Postfix as the default
>> > MTA...
>>
>> the sollution is not to use other packages, i
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* Colin Walters [Sat, Dec 07 2002, 08:15:08PM]:
> But no one has shown any interest in fixing exim. On the other hand I
> was interested enough in Postfix to write the debconfiscation, and then
> John Goerzen and LaMont Jones were interested enough to fix and
> significantly improve it.
On Sat, 2002-12-07 at 14:23, Bastian Blank wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 07, 2002 at 01:44:31PM -0500, Colin Walters wrote:
> > And we could fix the exim issue by switching to Postfix as the default
> > MTA...
>
> the sollution is not to use other packages, it is fixing the packages.
But no one has shown
On Sat, Dec 07, 2002 at 11:03:23PM +0100, Wouter Verhelst wrote:
> > i think it's a little heavy handed to do so,
>
> Why?
well, i should restate i guess. i agree it's the best thing to do.
but i would also image that it suddenly puts a lot more work on the
plates of many of the dd's, hence my t
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* Wouter Verhelst [Sat, Dec 07 2002, 11:03:23PM]:
> > > Would a policy-proposal forcing packages to use debconf for user
> > > interaction during installation get support?
> >
> > i think it's a little heavy handed to do so,
>
> Why?
>
> In the long run, I think it's the way to go. Al
On Sat, Dec 07, 2002 at 04:08:24PM -0500, sean finney wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 07, 2002 at 09:02:56PM +0100, Tollef Fog Heen wrote:
> > * Bastian Blank
> >
> > | if the maintainers won't do that, we need a policy paragraph to force
> > | them.
> >
> > Would a policy-proposal forcing packages to use
On Sat, Dec 07, 2002 at 09:20:11PM +0100, Bernd Eckenfels wrote:
> > if the maintainers won't do that, we need a policy paragraph to force
> > them.
>
> No you need patches to help them.
well if the maintainer is too busy, i could try and figure this out
and send a patch. granted i'm not incredi
On Sat, Dec 07, 2002 at 09:02:56PM +0100, Tollef Fog Heen wrote:
> * Bastian Blank
>
> | if the maintainers won't do that, we need a policy paragraph to force
> | them.
>
> Would a policy-proposal forcing packages to use debconf for user
> interaction during installation get support?
i think it
On Sat, Dec 07, 2002 at 03:56:47PM +0100, Eduard Bloch wrote:
> I think we should document this in the policy and force maintainers,
> following this simple rule. When DEBIAN_FRONTEND value is Non-Interactive,
^^^
> no question
On Sat, Dec 07, 2002 at 08:23:16PM +0100, Bastian Blank wrote:
> if the maintainers won't do that, we need a policy paragraph to force
> them.
No you need patches to help them.
Greetings
Bernd
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* Bastian Blank
| if the maintainers won't do that, we need a policy paragraph to force
| them.
Would a policy-proposal forcing packages to use debconf for user
interaction during installation get support?
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On Sat, Dec 07, 2002 at 01:44:31PM -0500, Colin Walters wrote:
> And we could fix the exim issue by switching to Postfix as the default
> MTA...
the sollution is not to use other packages, it is fixing the packages.
if the maintainers won't do that, we need a policy paragraph to force
them.
bast
On Sat, 2002-12-07 at 10:51, sean finney wrote:
> also, the ispell package asks you
> which language you use by default.
Ispell is already fixed.
And we could fix the exim issue by switching to Postfix as the default
MTA...
On Sat, Dec 07, 2002 at 03:56:47PM +0100, Eduard Bloch wrote:
> I think we should document this in the policy and force maintainers,
> following this simple rule. When DEBIAN_FRONTEND value is Non-Interactive,
> no question should interrupt the installation process. Really none.
yeah, i REALLY agr
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* Brian May [Sat, Dec 07 2002, 12:40:12PM]:
> It seems to be set for a "pbuilder login" operation on the stable
> version of pbuilder.
>
> So do you think debian-image should check the value of DEBIAN_FRONTEND?
>
> Sounds like a good idea to me...
I think we should document this in th
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