Bug#176506: Make debconf mandatory for prompting the user

[Roland Mas <lolando@debian.org>]

Adrian Bunk (2003-01-13 12:00:31 +0100) :

> I'm therefore suggesting that you change your policy to something like:
>
> <--  snip  -->
>
> ...
> 2.3.9.1. Prompting in maintainer scripts
> ----------------------------------------
>
>      Package maintainer scripts may prompt the user if necessary.
>      Prompting must be done through programs like `debconf' that 
>      conform to the Debian Configuration management specification,
>      version 2 or higher.
> ...
>
> <--  snip  --> 

I agree with the spirit of the proposal, but I won't second it as is.
Going directly from a "may" to a "must" is too quick in my opinion.
Please make that a "should" first.  It'll still allow you to file bugs
(although not serious ones), and it'll have a better chance of being
accepted.  I'll second it, for a start :-)

Roland.
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Roland Mas

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