Bug#685082: debconf abuse

[David Prévot]

Package: java-package
Version: 0.50
Severity: normal
Tags: l10n

Hi,

Please, drop the useless debconf note that duplicates information
already available in the package description, break the installation
workflow (because it needs the user to acknowledge the note), and is not
even translatable while many team are aiming at fully translated debconf
screens for Wheezy.

http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/developers-reference/best-pkging-practices.html#s6.5.1

Thanks in advance for considering fixing it in Wheezy: simply dropping
this screen can be considered as a “documentation fix” and thus be
granted a freeze exception by the release team.

Regards

David

-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386

Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-3-amd64 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages java-package depends on:
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]  1.5.46
ii  debhelper              9.20120608
ii  fakeroot               1.18.4-2
ii  libasound2             1.0.25-4
ii  libx11-6               2:1.5.0-1
ii  unzip                  6.0-7

Versions of packages java-package recommends:
ii  dpkg-dev  1.16.8
ii  gcc       4:4.7.1-1

Versions of packages java-package suggests:
ii  openjdk-6-jre  6b24-1.11.3-2
ii  openjdk-7-jre  7~u3-2.1.1-3

-- debconf information excluded