Bug#694058: closed by Bart Martens <bartm@debian.org> (RFP: upgrade-intervention -- alarm sound during long upgrade processes)
Hi Peter,
On Fri, Nov 23, 2012 at 11:38:46PM +0000, Peter Davis wrote:
> > > Package: wnpp Severity: RFP
> > >
> > > Sorry if this is the wrong forum or format; I'm an Ubuntu newbie. Upgrading
> > > Ubuntu from one release to the next can take hours, most of which time the
> > > system just gets on with its work. Time for a cup of tea, or to get on with
> > > a bit of Latin translation in another room. But every now and then, some
> > > package demands user intervention, sends a request, and just hangs, waiting.
> > > Could you ring a bell, or something, to attract user attention, when this
> > > happens? Otherwise nothing gets done, and the upgrade can take hours longer
> > > than it need, depending on how often progress is monitored.
> >
> > I'm closing this bug because it isn't useful. Feel free to reopen this bug,
> > setting the title correctly, providing the right information... I suggest that
> > you have a look at other RFS bug reports to get an idea of what is expected.
>
> Following your suggestion, I had a look at a number of RFS bug reports.
> Could understand hardly a word of them - so I am unfitted to raise one -
> though it is clear that the ones which have been accepted have been a very
> precise specification from one technician to another. Indeed, I rather
> suspected when I raised mine that this was the wrong arena in which to make
> an enhancement request to aid usability, and so it seems.
>
> Would you be kind enough to point me towards the right place, somewhere where
> a user like me ought to be able to make suggestions in plain English,
> please? As you will have seen, my request was in no sense a response to a
> "bug". Nor was it, as so many, a plea by its author for a sponsor to take up
> the integration of a developed package.
>
> I feel that there ought to be an arena for users to express their ideas, but
> I'm afraid that the RFS bug route was the only one I could find which came
> near to that, and I hope that there is a suitable forum somewhere.
>
> [I'm slightly miffed, however, that you dismiss my suggestion as being not
> "useful"! I reckon that, minimal as it is, it would be quite helpful and a
> nice addition, were it to be implemented.]
If you want to suggest to modify the Ubuntu installation process to produce a
beep when user input is needed, then https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug is a
good starting point. If you are looking for a forum for Ubuntu users to
discuss the Ubuntu installation process in plain English, then
http://ubuntuforums.org/ is a good starting point. For Debian they are
http://www.debian.org/Bugs/ and http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/ .
Regards,
Bart Martens
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