Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2002 10:44:45 +0300 From: Peter Pentchev <roam@ringlet.net> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> Cc: Antoine Beaupre <anarcat@anarcat.ath.cx>, hackers@FreeBSD.org, The Anarcat <anarcat@anarcat.dyndns.org>, freebsd-libh@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: packaging base Message-ID: <20020430104445.E365@straylight.oblivion.bg> In-Reply-To: <3CC73F29.1C6B1DA2@mindspring.com>; from tlambert2@mindspring.com on Wed, Apr 24, 2002 at 04:26:33PM -0700 References: <F371CBE0-5796-11D6-A725-0050E4A0BB3F@anarcat.ath.cx> <3CC73F29.1C6B1DA2@mindspring.com>
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--jL2BoiuKMElzg3CS Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Apr 24, 2002 at 04:26:33PM -0700, Terry Lambert wrote: > Antoine Beaupre wrote: > > Le Mercredi 24 avril 2002, a 11:12 , Mike Meyer a ecrit : > > > Your simple shell script has to prompt for floppies. That needs UI > > > code. The people who know have decided that the current UI code isn't > > > up to snuff. Hence libh. > >=20 > > Come on.. The current package system and sysinstall are quite good at > > prompting for a simple yes/no question. The issue is really not there, I > > think. >=20 > Actually, the prompting is problematic. All such questions should, > by definition, be front-loaded. Otherwise, you have to babysit the > installation process, which is never a good thing. Agreed in principle; however, in this particular case - prompting for floppies - it would be kind of hard to insert all the floppies before the start of the installation (cue good ol' "it doesn't fit!" stories ;) G'luck, Peter --=20 Peter Pentchev roam@ringlet.net roam@FreeBSD.org PGP key: http://people.FreeBSD.org/~roam/roam.key.asc Key fingerprint FDBA FD79 C26F 3C51 C95E DF9E ED18 B68D 1619 4553 I've heard that this sentence is a rumor. --jL2BoiuKMElzg3CS Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iEYEARECAAYFAjzOS20ACgkQ7Ri2jRYZRVOihwCeInjpjGTBmkpn4LsAZsczXSaF EwcAnibJ1iLlht2jwUKyDFhB/l+W3ajY =O0yg -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --jL2BoiuKMElzg3CS-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-libh" in the body of the message
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