Bug#254994: installation-reports: expert26 is TO MUCH, linux26 is not enough
On Sat, Jun 19, 2004 at 08:12:54AM +0100, Colin Watson wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 19, 2004 at 08:46:56AM +0200, Christian Perrier wrote:
> > Quoting Steve Langasek (vorlon@debian.org):
> > > I maintain that "expert" should map to DEBCONF_PRIORITY=medium, and that
> > > it should be DEBCONF_PRIORITY=*low* that requires people to type the
> > > incantation by hand. Most people who are considering themselves expert
> > > for these purposes are going to want medium rather than low, I think.
> >
> > I second this. But, well, are we constrained in some way on the number
> > of "shortcuts"?
>
> Look at the insanity on a powerpc CD some time. Increasing that by a
> further 50% will make it utterly impossible to see what on earth's going
> on when you hit Tab at the yaboot prompt.
>
> (I've been pondering removing the -safe targets and just telling people
> to pass the video=ofonly parameter instead.)
F7 screen has enough space left for this. (isolinux/f7.txt)
Why not.
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