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[Gerhard Burger <1197383@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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Of course this falls in the 'Opinion' category, but I feel that 'acroread' doesn't need to ask if it should be the system default.
It stops the installation unnecessarily, also 'okular' and 'evince' don't ask this question. As the old saying goes: "What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander"
see also http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/developers-reference/best-pkging-practices.html#s6.5.1 about abusing debconf

** Affects: acroread (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Description changed:

  Of course this falls in the 'Opinion' category, but I feel that 'acroread' doesn't need to ask if it should be the system default.
- It stops the installation unnecessarily, also 'okular' and 'evince' also don't ask this question. As the old saying goes: "What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander"
+ It stops the installation unnecessarily, also 'okular' and 'evince' don't ask this question. As the old saying goes: "What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander"

** Description changed:

  Of course this falls in the 'Opinion' category, but I feel that 'acroread' doesn't need to ask if it should be the system default.
  It stops the installation unnecessarily, also 'okular' and 'evince' don't ask this question. As the old saying goes: "What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander"
+ see also http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/developers-reference/best-pkging-practices.html#s6.5.1 about abusing debconf

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  acroread abuses debconf

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