Hi,

One of my packages (uptimed) displays a summary of what will be done to
the system at the end of the config script, telling the admin that a new
CGI had been installed etc., but I think this doesn't belong into a notice
of priority "low", but is rather something special.

I'd like to propose a new priority "summary", which can (independently of
the other priorities) be set to "ignore", "always display", "always mail"
and "display and mail".

   Simon

Simon Richter wrote:

Why isn't it just README.Debian material?

system, especially if it's security relevant like a new user or CGI. The
notice I have reads:

Template: uprecords-cgi/install_note
Type: note
Description: uprecords.cgi has been installed into the webtree
 You have installed the uprecords-cgi package. That means that a new CGI
 script has been installed, which is now visible to the outside world as
http://${hostname}/cgi-bin/uprecords.cgi (if you didn't modify your
 webserver configuration to have CGI scripts in a different place).
 .
 In the default webserver configuration, CGI scripts are accessible from
 anywhere in the world. If you do not want this, you should set up access
 restrictions (but who doesn't want to show off with his/her uptimes?).
 .
 You may also want to modify the HTML header and footer files in
 /etc/uprecords-cgi or tell your webmaster to do so (remember to give him the
 necessary permissions then).

The problem I see with this is that the admin will have forgotten about
this when the packages are installed, so I'd like to give the opportunity
to have this mailed (also, if there are multiple admins, the mail could
go to a list), regardless of what happens to non-summary notes.
README.Debian won't work, because the admin will not read it.

   Simon