Re: Debian is slower than time (was: adrian's 2.4.x packages)
On Wed, Feb 06, 2002 at 11:07:02PM -0600, Steve Langasek wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 06, 2002 at 10:48:09PM -0600, Adam Majer wrote:
>
> > I've heard about Debconf long time ago. Way before I even tried to maintain
> > anything. But the comment above is rather stupid. It's like saying
> > "You don't know about DirectX AND you consider yourself a programmer?"
> >
> > AFAIK, packages should comply with Debian Policy and Debconf is just like
> > debhelper, a tool.. Using whiptail and a good script one can go without
> > debconf quite easily for some questions.
>
> Save only that using whiptail directly in place of debconf shows a lack
> of cluefulness that, in a Debian Developer, would be frightening.
Oh give me a break. I guess you would say the same for people not using
debhelper but writing their own rules from scratch.
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