Bug#941254: popularity-contest is installed even if user answers No
On Fri, Sep 27, 2019 at 10:23:15AM +0200, Jason wrote:
> Package: popularity-contest
> Severity: normal
>
> Dear Maintainer,
>
> popularity-contest is installed even if user answers No to whether
> they want it installed or not. Having to install the package to answer
> the question is asinine and either the wording should be changed (to
> notify the user that it will be installed anyway whether they like it
> or not ( (then why ask in the first place???) )) or the methadology.
> Does it send a report of installed software before uninstalling?
Hello Jason,
If you install popularity-contest and answer "No" to the question
"Participate in the package usage survey ?", popularity-contest
will not report anything. The file /etc/popularity-contest.conf
will have PARTICIPATE="no".
Furthermore, if you use debian-installer and you answer No,
debian-installer will remove the package.
In any case, there is no way for popularity-contest to do
anything unless it is installed.
Cheers,
--
Bill. <ballombe@debian.org>
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