Re: How many kernels to assume

[Martin Albert <MartinAlbert@gmx.net>]

I've send to the wrong adress, here it is to the list again:

Thanks Matt Zimmermann for your kind and reassuring answers.

For a summary see his answers. I couldn't express better.

I'm planning to use debconf as soon as it has settled somewhat.

Open are the questions:
 - How to find out that debconf is installed and usable?
 - Is it ok to put low priority messages to stdout without a prompt?

thanks, greetings, martin

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this is the (off list) continuation:

On Friday, 23. March 2001 22:28, Matt Zimmermann wrote:
> (did you intentionally take this off the debian-mentors list?  If
> not, please send your reply there)
>
> > I'm planning to use debconf as soon as it has settled somewhat.
>
> The interface used in the maintainer scripts and the template format
> have both been stable for some time now.  There are already Priority:
> required packages using it (console-tools and console-data).
>
> > Open are the questions:
> >  - How to find out that debconf is installed and usable?
>
> Just declare Depends: debconf in the control file, and debconf will
> be guaranteed to be available when your package is configured.
>
> >  - Is it ok to put low priority messages to stdout without a
> > prompt?
>
> If you really want to do it this way, yes, it should be fine. 
> However, during a large upgrade, the chances of the user seeing it
> are quite low, so if any action might be required on the user's part,
> I would recommend displaying the message using debconf.

sorry, thanks, greetings, martin