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Re: Proposal to improve package configuration upgrades



On Fri, 27 Feb 2009 13:35:56 +0100
Dominique Dumont <dominique.dumont@hp.com> wrote:

> Stefano Zacchiroli <zack@debian.org> writes:
> > But then we are back at the issue of a 80-20 problem, and I see the
> > VCS solution as more flexible and more readily available.
> 
> Agreed. But VCS solution is a 80% success/20% silent
> failure. Config::Model is a 80% success/20% abort. The latter should
> be easier to deal with for average user.

But you don't need to silently merge (and thus silently fail in some
cases). You can still ask the user about confirmation.

harry

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