Bug#366812: each upgrade of tex-common asks for the group again and again

[Frank Küster <frank@debian.org>]

Pierre Habouzit <madcoder@debian.org> wrote:

> Package: tex-common
> Version: 0.22
> Severity: important
>
>
>   (see title). Once I've chosen it, it should not keep asking me what
> group I want. Especially when I've not chosen the default value (this is
> the case on one of my computers, where it still keeps asking me the same
> question again and again).
>
>   I suggest that you don't db_ask for the tex-common/groupname if it has
> been set.

Uups, yes.  Up to the last version, we had an unconditional

db_fset tex-common/groupname seen false || true

in debian/config, and I just removed this, and hoped the problem would
be solved.  However, later on I split the question and show either
groupname_single or groupname_multi, and hence the question is "new" and
shown again.

>   severity important, because it's near debconf abuse (which is IIRC
> RC).

I think RC is too much, but I agree with important.  Anyway, do you
think that it's necessary to care for people who upgrade only rarely,
and upload 0.23 with 

db_fget tex-common/groupname seen
if [ "$RET" = true ]; then
 db_fset tex-common/groupname_single seen
 db_fset tex-common/groupname_multi seen
fi

or do you think that we can just ignore this?  Hm, maybe rather not,
since testing users already have answered it once, and would be asked
again if 0.22 enters etch.

Regards, Frank
-- 
Frank Küster
Single Molecule Spectroscopy, Protein Folding @ Inst. f. Biochemie, Univ. Zürich
Debian Developer (teTeX)