[Popcon-developers] Bug#317527: Unclear questions during package configuration
Package: popularity-contest
Version: 1.29
Severity: normal
Tags: patch
Hi,
During installation, I am asked the question:
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If you do not want to use HTTP, email is used instead.
Use HTTP to submit reports?
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I like http just fine for reading /., but I am unsure what
this means in this context. An explanatory paragraph like the
following would go a long way to improve the user interaction:
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Normally, popularity contest survey data is reported by sending
email as root to popcon@foo.debian.org. However, if email has not
been set up, or if sending mail from this box has problems (like
being on a dial up network, or if connecting from a location
where outgoing email is prohibited), an alternate mechanism has
been provided that uses HTTP put to fill a form at
http:///popcon.foo.debian.org/instead. This is likely to work in
most situations, since most firewalls aloow HTTP connections.
Use HTTP to submit reports?
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manoj
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.12.1-1-skas3-v9-pre4n
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Versions of packages popularity-contest depends on:
ii debconf 1.4.52 Debian configuration management sy
ii dpkg 1.13.10 Package maintenance system for Deb
ii sendmail-bin [mail-transport- 8.13.4-3 powerful, efficient, and scalable
Versions of packages popularity-contest recommends:
ii cron 3.0pl1-87.2sel management of regular background p
-- debconf information:
* popularity-contest/participate: true
* popularity-contest/intro:
popularity-contest/hostid-failed:
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