Re: Debconf or not debconf : Conclusion
On Fri, Jul 04, 2003 at 12:18:33AM -0400, Theodore Ts'o wrote:
> On a separate but related topic, I think a much better approach would
> be to handle configuration as a step entirely separate from the
> install phase. Let the install be entirely quiet, and let packages
> have intelligent defaults. If the package absolutely must be
> configured before it can be used, then let it be non-functional until
> someone actually calls dpkg-configure (which would be just like
> dpkg-reconfigure except that's the only time the questions would be
> asked).
>
> - Ted
Hear, hear.
There is the related trouble that the only way to disable most
packages is to uninstall them. Sometimes, it is desirable to
temporarily disable a service without removing the binaries or
changing the executability of the init.d script.
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