tag 242216 - patch severity 242216 wishlist retitle 242216 xserver-xfree86: config script could use different defaults for monitor selection method at different debconf question priorities thanks On Mon, Apr 05, 2004 at 04:17:26PM +0400, Nikita V. Youshchenko wrote: > xserver-xfree86.config contains the following code: [...] > Thus default answer for xserver-xfree86/config/monitor/selection-method > is "Simple" or "Medium" (which is good for non-technical users), but if > debconf actually asks the question, the default shown answer is > hardcoded to "Advanced". Since users tend to accept all defaults they > see (even after a help screen was shown describing what the selections > mean), too often they select this default and are faced with questions > about frequences they can't understand. And even can't go back at that > point. > > So it seems better to show a "silly-safe" choise by default. I.e. the > same as is set in the case when question is not asked. Your patch is incomplete; there is no auto_answer counterpart for the "Simple" and "Medium" monitor selection methods. If you were to supply those as well, your patch would be ripe for evaluation. -- G. Branden Robinson | The Bible is probably the most Debian GNU/Linux | genocidal book ever written. branden@debian.org | -- Noam Chomsky http://people.debian.org/~branden/ |
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