d-i is not consistent in the use of ... For example, partman writes: Scanning disks ... whereas base-config writes Installing core packages... and most *-installer packages don't use dots in their progress notes at all. Can we a) agree on one usage b) document this (together with other common debconf usages in d-i) c) get someone to unify the existing messages -- Martin Michlmayr tbm@cyrius.com