Bug#492861: Progress bar rewinds when running pre-pkgsel.d/10popcon
Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl> writes:
> On Thursday 31 July 2008, Otavio Salvador wrote:
>> > I don't really like the idea of hook scripts determining how the main
>> > script works.
>>
>> Could you clarify why?
>
> Because not only is there absolutely no need for them to do so, it is also
> seriously fragile to expect random hook scripts to output nothing else
> than their progress bar end position.
I don't agree that they are no need for them. They make things much
more flexible however your argument about the fragility convinced me.
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