Re: Bug#142944: fixing debconf stdin bug
On Wed, 14 Jan 2004 00:38:52 -0500, Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> said:
> Manoj Srivastava wrote:
>> What if I chose to use two such frontends? There is nothing in
>> policy that states that each script should communicate with one and
>> only one debconf like program.
>>
>> In theoryu, I can ask a dozen questions, each using a different
>> debconf like program -- and be policy compliant.
>>
>> How does the second, third and so forth program get hold of STDIN?
> This is not something that I have the least little interest in
> trying to support, for a wide variety of reasons that I will not go
> into here.
I can understand that -- you have written debconf, and it
probably perfectly satisfies your needs, and behaves in a fashion
that feels absolutely natural and logical to you. but that does not
mean that the current behaviour is one that would be optimal for
other folks -- especially those considering writing another program
that adheres to the debconf spec.
manoj
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To err is human, but I can REALLY foul things up.
Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> <http://www.debian.org/%7Esrivasta/>
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