Re: Debian Debconf Translation proposal ( again )
On Thu, Jan 08, 2004 at 01:45:49PM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> On Wed, 7 Jan 2004 22:39:14 +0000, Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org> said:
> > $ grep-available -nsPackage -FPre-Depends,Depends debconf | wc -l
> > 828
>
> > (main and non-US/main only; and a number of those may well not
> > change over the course of a release. In general the *fewer* packages
> > that use debconf the better, probably, as every one represents user
> > interaction in the installation process.)
>
> Umm. My packages use debconf, and templates, but do not depend
> or predepend on debconf (thye have fallback mechanisms to ask the
> questions if debconf is not available). So merely counting the
> dependencies may not be a true reflection of debconf usage.
While there's the odd exception, it's close enough in my opinion and
experience.
Cheers,
--
Colin Watson [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]
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