Re: [Pkg-octave-devel] Octave Package Meta-Package

[Rafael Laboissiere <rafael@debian.org>]

* Thomas Weber <thomas.weber.mail@gmail.com> [2008-05-18 18:57]:

> On 18/05/08 17:59 +0200, Rafael Laboissiere wrote:
> 
> > We might consider introducing a debconf question asking something like:
> > 
> >       By installing this package (octave-nan), some core functions
> >       of Octave will be overridden, unless you choose to not 
> >       autoload the functions.
> > 
> >       Should the octave-nan functions be autoloaded (default: Yes)?
> > 
> >                  <Yes>           <No>
> >    
> > This may be an overkill, though.
> 
> We are talking about a Debconf question for each package here. I fear we
> will reach a level of complexity for the add-on packages far beyond
> packaging Octave itself.

Well, I would add this Debconf question only to packages that override core
functions or could change the behavior of Octave in a way that is confusing
to the user.  I do not think that there are many of them.

-- 
Rafael