Bug#401007: The installer should mention ...
On Fri, Dec 01, 2006 at 11:33:28PM +1100, Vincent.McIntyre@csiro.au wrote:
> >>Shouldn't the installer mention this?
> >
> >I don't understand what you are aiming for ...
>
> I'm mainly interested to know that an MTA is running at all.
> I just like to worry about what services I have going, I guess.
exim4 does not listen on any public interfaces by default.
> Perhaps an information screen in the installer could explain:
>
> I've just set up your Mail Transfer Agent, $MTA.
> At present it is set up for '$MTA_MODE', i.e. to
> $MTA_MODE_EXPLAIN.
>
> If you want to change this, you will need to reconfigure $MTA
> with $MTA_CONFIG_PROGRAM.
>
> [OK]
>
> For the present case this would come out as, e.g.
>
> I've just set up your Mail Transfer Agent, exim4.
> At present it is set up for 'local delivery', i.e. to
> deliver mail only to other users on this computer.
>
> If you want to change this, you will need to reconfigure
> exim4 with dpkg-reconfigure exim4.
>
> [OK]
>
> (I'm not actually sure what to use for reconfiguration)
>
> Possibly this screen could go in at medium priority, but I don't
> think it hurts to show this much to all users. The above would
> certainly have satisfied me. It's probably not worth adding an
> option to allow installers to fiddle with the settings at this
> point, I find I always have to tweak things later anyway.
This is, IMO, what the release notes are for. It is mandatory to read
them.
Additionally, if exim4 shows a screen like this, a lot of other
packages might want to do the same, ending up with a truckload of
useless info screens that are not read anyway.
If such a screen needs to be shown, this should be the installer's job.
Please note that this bug is not an installer bug any more, it has
been reassigned.
Greetings
Marc
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