Quoting Geert Stappers ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> Rethinking about it, I admit that it makes sense
> to start with asking the name of the user ( no default, so a blank input line )
> and using it it for the login or username ( defaults to firstnamel[astname],
> e.g. geerts for Geert Stappers and joeyh
On Wednesday 09 June 2004 13:48, Geert Stappers wrote:
>
> Rethinking about it, I admit that it makes sense
> to start with asking the name of the user ( no default, so a blank input
> line ) and using it it for the login or username ( defaults to
> firstnamel[astname], e.g. geerts for Geert Stappe
On Tue, Jun 08, 2004 at 02:06:10PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote:
> Geert Stappers wrote:
> > [ login or username is more important then the name of the user ]
>
> Do you read debian-user? Apparently not or you'd be familiar with the
> phenomon of Mr. "Debian User" posting to that list from a variety o
Geert Stappers wrote:
> Please asume smart people.
I'm a smart person and I can use the new system to install with a proper
user name and gecos field with less typing than using the old system.
The agruments in this thread really seem to boil down to "please assume
people who don't read and assum
On Mon, Jun 07, 2004 at 07:21:34AM +0200, Christian Perrier wrote:
> Quoting Steve Langasek ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
>
> > Although being able to suggest usernames is a nice feature, my wife (who
> > rarely has occasion to add users or install systems :) also stumbled at
> > this point in the installe
On Mon, Jun 07, 2004 at 12:53:55AM +0100, James Troup wrote:
> Package: installation-reports
>
> INSTALL REPORT
>
> Debian-installer-version: TC1
> uname -a: Linux elisha 2.4.25-powerpc #1 mer avr 14 15:38:38 CEST 2004 ppc GNU/Linux
> Date: 2004-05-06 10PM GMT
> Method: Installed off netinst CD
>
Quoting Steve Langasek ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> Although being able to suggest usernames is a nice feature, my wife (who
> rarely has occasion to add users or install systems :) also stumbled at
> this point in the installer during a usability test, expecting this to
> be a prompt about a username r
On Mon, Jun 07, 2004 at 02:35:20AM +0200, Thiemo Seufer wrote:
> James Troup wrote:
> > (o) Wah, someone reversed order of username/user question in
> > base-config.
> FWIW, I found this irritating as well.
Although being able to suggest usernames is a nice feature, my wife (who
rarely has o
James Troup wrote:
[snip]
> I only have very minor comments:
>
> (o) I hope the auto-partitioning logic varies between platforms
> because 10Mb is far too small for /boot on hppa[1] at least and
> possibly others?
partman-auto handles this via (sub-)arch-specific recipes.
> (o) yaboot as
Package: installation-reports
INSTALL REPORT
Debian-installer-version: TC1
uname -a: Linux elisha 2.4.25-powerpc #1 mer avr 14 15:38:38 CEST 2004 ppc GNU/Linux
Date: 2004-05-06 10PM GMT
Method: Installed off netinst CD
[http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/cdimage-testing/sarge_d-i/powerpc/tc1/
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