Re: Bug#277395: Tasksel should also warn if no task is selected
> Another alternative would be to ask before starting tasksel, if a task should
> be selected. Then user which would not want to select a task says no and
> continues. If the user then selects to run tasksel and selects no task it is
> almost sure that the used hit the wrong key to select a task. This way both
> cases would be covered well.
String freeze in progress, sorry to say that again, but we really
can't afford changing/adding messages now.
I perfectly understand the usability issue, however this is a
limitation we have with the debconf/slang interface. There are way
other limitations which would require to warn users in a lot of places
in the installer, I'm afraid.
Basically, we would need adding a "press Space to Select a task and
Enter when finished" but only when the slang interface is used. As
debconf does not currently have a concept of interface-dependent
message, this is simply not possible.
This indeed re-joins the idea a a "help" button on debconf screens,
mor eor less.
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