On Thu, Feb 07, 2002 at 12:35:48AM -0600, Adam Majer wrote: > 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. No. How you create your packages is your own damn business. How your packages interact with the user at install time is a matter that affects the whole of Debian, and can interfere with initiatives such as the FAI. Steve Langasek postmodern programmer
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