On Tue, 8 Jul 2003 22:48:48 +1200 Nick Phillips <nwp@nz.lemon-computing.com> wrote: > On Tue, Jul 08, 2003 at 10:46:47AM +0200, Josselin Mouette wrote: > > Le mar 08/07/2003 ? 01:15, Matt Zimmerman a ?crit : > > > > All that's missing is an automatic debconf notice entry for each NEWS > > > > item. > > > > > > > > That wud be well c00l. > > > > > > As I recall, part of the idea of NEWS.Debian was to prevent having this kind > > > of information end up as debconf notes. > > > > But some people like to have this information in debconf notes. Having > > the choice between displaying them and reading them in NEWS.Debian would > > be neat. > > He was JOKING... wasn't he? I doubt it. Some people have few enough packages installed that a nice pretty interface like that is reasonable. Keep in mind that debconf notes weren't implemented to piss people off - they were implemented because they can be used well. They're overused and overabused, but they're a valid presentation mechanism ... under the right circumstances :)
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