Not to bother with this, but I believe this discussion should be happening in a wishlist bug on the BTS.
On Fri, Oct 10, 2003 at 10:55:59PM +0200, Marco Gerards wrote: > Marcus Brinkmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On Fri, Oct 10, 2003 at 08:59:12PM +0200, Marco Gerards wrote: > > > - Can you show the user a dialog when configuring the Hurd package so > > > the user can choose if he wants to use the old or new console? > > > > No way. Dialog boxes at installation time are evil in general, but that's > > just one reason. The new console should just be the default when it can be. > > We don't need more testers of what works reasonably well already, but new > > features that allow it to work with X. > > But what do you want for now? The current status is that people don't > know about the new console and that X doesn't work with it. Do you > want debian to wait until it works with X? > > I am willing to work on the console to make it work with X, but I > can't do that soon. -- Robert Millan "[..] but the delight and pride of Aule is in the deed of making, and in the thing made, and neither in possession nor in his own mastery; wherefore he gives and hoards not, and is free from care, passing ever on to some new work." -- J.R.R.T, Ainulindale (Silmarillion)
