Re: The future (or non-future) of ia32-libs
On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 09:32:15PM +0800, Thomas Goirand wrote:
> On 06/22/2012 05:34 PM, Goswin von Brederlow wrote:
> > Step 1: upgrade/dist-upgrade with ia32-libs (wine, ...) held back
> > Step 2: dpkg --add-architecture i386 && apt-get update
> > Step 3: dist-upgrade (ia32-libs, wine, ... is now installable)
> >
> May I suggest that upon upgrade, we have a debconf message telling
> about it? We could add this in base-files or any essential package,
> probably one with some debconf messages already in would be a better
> pick. Instructions would show, IF ia32-libs old version is currently
> installed
> AND the --add-architecture i386 hasn't bee done.
>
> I know we have release notes, but some don't know about them or would
> simply not read them. A debconf message seem really appropriate IMO.
No, debconf messages are the wrong tool for the job.
Release notes are meant to be read once, not every time you upgrade a
system. Having a debconf note once might be appropriate. The second
time, you'll go "right, I've seen that before". The third time you go
"sigh, yes, I know, fuck off". The fourth time, you hit ctrl-C, and run
"DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get upgrade" -- and then miss
something that was actually important and didn't occur on previous
installs.
Please, let's keep upgrade information in the release notes. If some
people don't read them, that's something we should try to fix; not by
trying to work around the release notes, but by making them more
accessible, easier to find, and more obvious instead.
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