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Bug#226365: selection-method question should not be displayed at high priority



retitle 226365 xserver-xfree86: [debconfage rewrite] selection-method question should be displayed at high priority under fewer circumstances
thanks

On Sun, Jan 04, 2004 at 05:46:46PM -0500, Joey Hess wrote:
> Package: xserver-xfree86
> Version: 4.2.1-14
> Severity: normal
> 
> If my debconf priority is high, I do not want to be bothered by
> questions that have a reasonable default.

In my opinion, monitor configuration *doesn't* have a reasonable default
if nothing can be autodetected.

Also, the "simple" method gives extremely poor (read: terrible, often
unusable) results with LCD screens.

So I stand by my decision that this question needs to be high priority
under *some* circumstances.  Naturally I'm interested in minimizing
those.

> This is the definition of the priority. So it is annoying to have this
> package's monitor/selection-method question displayed at high
> priority. It should default to "simple" at high priority. (If simple
> is not available, as it is not here due to mdetect breaking, it should
> default to medium.).

<frowns>

I don't understand what mdetect has to do with monitor detection.  Have
you read its manpage, or tried running it?  :)

> Also, there is currently no default for this question at all, as you
> will see if you reconfigure xserver-xfree86 using debconf's readline
> frontend.

See my response to first of your bugs of this nature.

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