Re: Bug#169979: kdrill package in a very bad shape
On Wed, Feb 18, 2004 at 09:24:03AM +0100, Pierre Machard wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 17, 2004 at 11:52:31PM -0800, Philip Brown wrote:
> > In theory, the "note" should only be displayed by debconf if the user was
> > upgrading from one of the really old versions.
> > So if there is no need for the note, it will never cause an action to
> > take place.
> > So IMO, it is one of the few really good cases to use it.
>
> Do not forget that a user != admin, and to my mind a debconf note is
> only intended to be display to the box admin.
True. Except when it is effectively a single-user box.
But either way, it is important to make this sort of stuff blindingly
obvious, because as I mentioned, tracking it down gets tricky.
Heck, after the next official debian release (2005? heh, heh) I'll take it
out, in unstable. But for now, its about the best way I can think of.
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