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Re: messages in the postinst



Moved from debian-bugs to debian-devel since this has nothing to do with
fortran anymore.

joost, in an immanent manifestation of deity, wrote:
>> While I admire the humour to some extent, I cannot fail to point out that at
>> least the `read' at the end of the postinst is in complete violation of the
>> guidelines (which have "minimise user interaction" as a theme).
>
>I'm sorry, I wasn't aware of that.

Except that in Bug #1818, Ian J. says it's a bug for perl not to put a
prompt up:
>(b) This message should, if it turns out to be necessary, be
>accompanied by a prompt, so that the user doesn't miss it.

Which is correct?

Darren


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