Hi While I was typing away, Brandon's response came so my previous post is late and largely irrelevant now. I appreciate Brandon's decision, thank you
Alex P.S. I'm afraid the difficulty of setting X is somewhat exaggerated. I had to learn everything about it by myself and didn't find it too complicated on a user level. There are many people who may be "non-unix literate" as Brandon understands it, but who can still read and think and know where Any Key is ;) On Sat, 21 Nov 1998, Brandon Mitchell wrote: > [ my overreaction to Arrigo's post and his response snipped. Basically, > he wants TERM=xterm by default so that non-unix literate people at his > site can install debian with a simple dpkg --set-selections. ] > > I'm going to keep my view that they need some hand holding. After all, > setting up X is something I wouldn't leave many to do on their own. With > that assumption, would a simple "select the default term variable from the > list below (xterm, xterm-debian, xterm-xfree)" question being asked during > the xterm install solve your problem? If so, that question has been > asked, and I'm sure Branden will get back to us when he has a chance. > > Back to coding, > Brandon > > +--- ---+ > | Brandon Mitchell * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * http://bhmit1.home.ml.org/ | > | Sometimes you have to release software with bugs. - MS Recruiter | > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
