review request for the debconf templates used by the nvidia graphics driver [non-free]

[Andreas Beckmann]

Hi Justin,

thanks for all your comments.

On 2012-07-10 15:13, Justin B Rye wrote:
>> Template: nvidia-support/needs-xorg-conf-to-enable
>> Type: note
> 
> Debconf notes are of course deprecated, though then again so are

Didn't know that. And lintian didn't tell me :-)

> non-free drivers, so maybe they deserve one another.  Would it be
> possible to just put this warning in the package description?

That is an option ... although people probably don't read descriptions
like they don't read the README, and instead report
http://bugs.debian.org/673795

>> Template: nvidia-support/removed-but-enabled-in-xorg-conf
> No extra complaints other than the standard one for "Type: note";
> could this one perhaps be promoted to "Type: error"?

OK, sounds reasonable as it will break X if no action is taken.

> (I would say "the only option"; less logical but more idiomatic.)
or "the best option" ... (Re Jonathan's comment)

> The approach I've taken above is to say that it's the "Nvidia
> Corporation" and "Nvidia driver" (brandnames) but "nvidia-installer"
> and "nvidia kernel module" (verbatim strings).

:-)


Andreas