Re: ion3 packaging advice

On 2008-09-12, Paulo Matias <[email protected]> wrote:
>  "--noscriptlet   If an install scriptlet exists, do not execute it.
> Do not use this unless you know what you are doing."

Ok, seems like something few would do without knowing what they're
doing.

> These install messages are considered to be very important in
> archlinux, and will never be hidden from the user by the package
> manager.

I was more thinking of being shown but hidden amidst a flood of
install messages, if you install multiple packages (such as 
upgrading all of them).

> Problems could arrise if the user is currently not connected to the
> Internet when installing the package, too.

Then one could of course fall back to less smart checks.

> Thanks a lot for your reviews and advise. Do you confirm the packages,
> if packaged as I described here, are freely redistributable according
> to the trademark license?

If the message doesn't get hidden in a flood of install logs.

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Tuomo