debconf error supported; 427832

git-svn-id: svn://anonscm.debian.org/ddp/manuals/trunk/developers-reference@4648 313b444b-1b9f-4f58-a734-7bb04f332e8d

diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index b59fb2a5b8f5c0b23ac5fcb7a4062f8b836da56f..58ee557f5b018c15dc2791e27be227d7cf695800 100644 (file)
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ developers-reference (3.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
     - move debhelper to Build-Depends.
     - add pdf for French version.
   * Document changes to stable release management. Closes: #414291
+  * Debconf error templates no longer discouraged. Thanks,
+    Christian Perrier. Closes: #427832
 
  -- Andreas Barth <aba@gluck.debian.org>  Sat, 16 Jun 2007 11:41:41 -0600
 

diff --git a/developers-reference.sgml b/developers-reference.sgml
index 903282b620db2a5964d7db1b874b662364b8b3ba..9c8d5d6a6f048355925e9fa4e269ef524dda6f76 100644 (file)
--- a/developers-reference.sgml
+++ b/developers-reference.sgml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   <!ENTITY % dynamicdata  SYSTEM "dynamic.ent" > %dynamicdata;
 
   <!-- CVS revision of this document -->
-  <!ENTITY cvs-rev "$Revision: 1.316 $">
+  <!ENTITY cvs-rev "$Revision: 1.317 $">
 
   <!-- if you are translating this document, please notate the CVS
        revision of the original developer's reference in cvs-en-rev -->
@@ -4385,17 +4385,13 @@ This type is now considered obsolete: don't use it.
 
        <sect3>error:
        <p>
-<strong>THIS TEMPLATE TYPE IS NOT HANDLED BY DEBCONF YET.</strong>
-       <p>
-It has been added to cdebconf, the C version of debconf, first used in
-the Debian Installer.
-       <p>
-Please do not use it unless debconf supports it.
-       <p>
-This type is designed to handle error message. It is mostly similar to
+This type is designed to handle error messages. It is mostly similar to
 the "note" type. Frontends may present it differently (for instance,
 the dialog frontend of cdebconf draws a red screen instead of the
 usual blue one).
+       <p>
+It is recommended to use this type for any message that needs user
+attention for a correction of any kind.
 
 
        <sect2>Description: short and extended description