On Thu, Aug 01, 2002 at 07:09:28AM +0900, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > From: Phillip Hofmeister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Some more port closing questions > Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2002 10:49:44 -0400
> > On Wed, 31 Jul 2002 at 09:25:40PM +0900, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Perhaps update-rc.d or rcconf (as I posted earlier) can be used to get > > > the desired behavior -- but I do think that being asked by default at > > > installation time whether to start stuff up at boot time is better > > > behavior than the current behavior. > > Boy...you should get together withthe folks on debian-devel that say > > the install asks TOO many questions for a beginner to Linux...it would > > make a good flame war <G> > It seems like you could just have a mode w/o many/any questions and a > mode that asks all the questions that are available -- i.e. Beginners > can have a beginner's mode of installation, and non-beginners can have > a non-beginner installation mode...no? You mean like maybe assigning different questions different priorities, and letting the user choose the priority which a question needs to have before it is asked, with some default assumed otherwise? Excellent idea. I can't see how we could get this far without such a system. ;-) -- ----------------------------------------------------------- Paul "TBBle" Hampson, MCSE 5th year CompSci/Asian Studies student, ANU The Boss, Bubblesworth Pty Ltd (ABN: 51 095 284 361) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Of course Pacman didn't influence us as kids. If it did, we'd be running around in darkened rooms, popping pills and listening to repetitive music. This email is licensed to the recipient for non-commercial use, duplication and distribution. -----------------------------------------------------------
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