Re: Perl/Debconf broken in woody?
On Tue, 14 Aug 2001, Steve Langasek wrote:
> > Pre-depends can not be used. config scripts can be run before a package is
> > ever sent to dpkg for processing.
>
> Hmm. Does this mean debconf is feature-complete and will never require
> changes to the template interface -- or to the implementation thereof? It
> seems rather precarious to never be able to use the documented interface to
> its fullest because there's no clean upgrade path for bug fixes...
It has to be handled the same way dpkg/apt features are handled. Add support
for the feature, but nothing can use it until it is in a stable release of
debian.
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