Bug#215582: marked as done (move short descriptions to the bottom in the dialog frontend)
Your message dated Fri, 31 Oct 2003 20:41:14 +0100
with message-id <E1AFf90-0003Ib-00@saruman.uio.no>
and subject line Close bugs
has caused the attached Bug report to be marked as done.
This means that you claim that the problem has been dealt with.
If this is not the case it is now your responsibility to reopen the
Bug report if necessary, and/or fix the problem forthwith.
(NB: If you are a system administrator and have no idea what I am
talking about this indicates a serious mail system misconfiguration
somewhere. Please contact me immediately.)
Debian bug tracking system administrator
(administrator, Debian Bugs database)
--------------------------------------
Received: (at submit) by bugs.debian.org; 13 Oct 2003 14:33:16 +0000
>From joey@kitenet.net Mon Oct 13 09:33:15 2003
Return-path: <joey@kitenet.net>
Received: from kitenet.net [64.62.161.42]
by master.debian.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 1 (Debian))
id 1A93l5-0007Qg-00; Mon, 13 Oct 2003 09:33:15 -0500
Received: from dragon.kitenet.net (pm3naxs21-28.access.naxs.com [216.98.95.28])
(using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits))
(Client CN "Joey Hess", Issuer "Joey Hess" (verified OK))
by kitenet.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8270017E1F
for <submit@bugs.debian.org>; Mon, 13 Oct 2003 14:33:13 +0000 (GMT)
Received: by dragon.kitenet.net (Postfix, from userid 1000)
id 9A4DB6E7CD; Mon, 13 Oct 2003 01:27:18 -0400 (EDT)
Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2003 01:27:18 -0400
From: Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>
To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>
Subject: move short descriptions to the bottom in the dialog frontend
Message-ID: <[🔎] 20031013052718.GA1958@kitenet.net>
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1;
protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="Qxx1br4bt0+wmkIi"
Content-Disposition: inline
X-Reportbug-Version: 2.34
User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i
Delivered-To: submit@bugs.debian.org
X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-5.7 required=4.0
tests=BAYES_20,DATE_IN_PAST_06_12,HAS_PACKAGE
version=2.53-bugs.debian.org_2003_10_13
X-Spam-Level:
X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.53-bugs.debian.org_2003_10_13 (1.174.2.15-2003-03-30-exp)
--Qxx1br4bt0+wmkIi
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Disposition: inline
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Package: cdebconf
Severity: normal
cdebconf currently displays the short description from a template near
the top of the dialog box, in a special color. This is unlike debconf,
which puts the short description at the bottom of the dialo box, just
above the widget that the user can use to answer the question. I think
that debconf's behavior is better, because it encurages useful short
descriptions that can serve as prompts, and can be read in leu of
reading the whole long descrioption, to get the gist of the question if
the user is in a hurry.
For example, here is a template from debian-installer:
Template: cdrom-checker/start
Type: boolean
Default: false
_Description: CD-ROM integrity check
Warning: this check depends on your hardware and may take some time.
Are you sure that you want to continue?
This short description cannot stand on its own, and in a text-type
frontend, the display will probably be something like this:
Warning: this check depends on your hardware and may take some time.=20
Are you sure that you want to continue?=20
CD-ROM integrity check _
If cdebconf worked like debconf (or if more people used its text
frontend), the natural thing would be to write the same question thus:
_Description: Do you want to continue with the integrity check?
Warning: this check depends on your hardware and may take some time.
Note that currently in debian-installer, there are plenty of templates
using the first style, and plenty using the second. But there is still
time to fix them all to use a consistent style, and so I hope this
change can be made soon, so they get the *right* consistent style.
Note also that the exception to this rule is the note (and for cdebconf,
error) question types. For these, in debconf, the short description is
displayed at the top, same as in cdebconf.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux dragon 2.4.22 #1 Sun Oct 12 15:11:10 EDT 2003 i686
Locale: LANG=3DC, LC_CTYPE=3DC
--=20
see shy jo
--Qxx1br4bt0+wmkIi
Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc"
Content-Description: Digital signature
Content-Disposition: inline
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux)
iD8DBQE/ije1d8HHehbQuO8RAk/NAJ413RQSHLkEQbZKqm1lbXgXOh0NfgCgyBSd
oXlY3e9LyFdstShoSJfXKfU=
=jpZ3
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
--Qxx1br4bt0+wmkIi--
---------------------------------------
Received: (at 215582-done) by bugs.debian.org; 31 Oct 2003 19:41:22 +0000
>From pre@saruman.uio.no Fri Oct 31 13:41:21 2003
Return-path: <pre@saruman.uio.no>
Received: from pat.uio.no [129.240.130.16]
by master.debian.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 1 (Debian))
id 1AFf95-0000Jp-00; Fri, 31 Oct 2003 13:41:19 -0600
Received: from mail-mx6.uio.no ([129.240.10.47])
by pat.uio.no with esmtp (Exim 4.20)
id 1AFf94-0001Zt-Tm; Fri, 31 Oct 2003 20:41:18 +0100
Received: from saruman.uio.no ([129.240.201.202])
by mail-mx6.uio.no with esmtp (Exim 4.14)
id 1AFf90-0002r2-H5; Fri, 31 Oct 2003 20:41:14 +0100
Received: from pre by saruman.uio.no with local (Exim 2.12 #7)
id 1AFf90-0003Ib-00; Fri, 31 Oct 2003 20:41:14 +0100
To: 215582-done@bugs.debian.org, 215583-done@bugs.debian.org,
217164-done@bugs.debian.org
Subject: Close bugs
From: Petter Reinholdtsen <pere@hungry.com>
Message-Id: <E1AFf90-0003Ib-00@saruman.uio.no>
Sender: Petter Reinholdtsen <petter.reinholdtsen@usit.uio.no>
Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2003 20:41:14 +0100
X-MailScanner-Information: This message has been scanned for viruses/spam. Contact postmaster@uio.no if you have questions about this scanning.
X-UiO-MailScanner: No virus found
Delivered-To: 215582-done@bugs.debian.org
X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.0 required=4.0
tests=BAYES_00
version=2.53-bugs.debian.org_2003_10_31
X-Spam-Level:
X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.53-bugs.debian.org_2003_10_31 (1.174.2.15-2003-03-30-exp)
These bugs are fixed in CVS, and should have been closed on the last
upload. Closing them now.
Reply to: