Re: Less interactive upgrades.

[Robert Thomson <sirrmt@dingoblue.net.au>]

On Thu, Mar 16, 2000 at 06:24:47PM -0500, Will Lowe wrote:
> > One other question: Does anyone think having a "never ask about this
> > config file again" option is a good thing? I'm torn.
> 
> Not on a per-conffile basis, I think. Maybe there should be a way to make
> the default for _all_ conffiles be "ask no questions, (accept the dpkg N
> answer), send email about what you did".  With BIG WARNINGS about how much
> stuff might break if you enabled it.

Ideally, I'd only ever like to be asked if I want to upgrade a conf file if
the syntax or semantics of the conffile has changed.. This would be another of
the maintainer's roles.

Regards,
	rmt.

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