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On Fri, Apr 30, 2004 at 11:28:07PM +0100, Stuart Herbert wrote: |
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> Hrm. It would only have to be interactive the first time - when it has |
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> questions that it doesn't have answers to. And it asks all of those |
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> questions up-front - when it has the user's attention. |
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> It's no different in principle to the way that a windows-based installer asks |
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> you all the questions before installing your files. It's a |
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> human-computer-interaction model that most people understand, and are |
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> comfortable with. |
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We have always strenuously resisted making ebuilds interactive because |
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interactive ebuilds are impossible (or at least very hard) to script. |
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