Thoughts on Ubuntu Sounder 7 installer CD installation usability

[Mark Shuttleworth]

>OK, neither of these questions are asked in our default install path.
>The only way they could be asked is if you experienced some errors
>earlier on in the installation which dropped your debconf priority down
>to low, or if you used the back button lots (that also drops the debconf
>priority).
>  
>
It would be useful if there was a high-level log of "what happened" 
during an install. Is there such a thing? For example:

  - failed to detect XYZ
  - installation priority dropped to  D
    ...

Also, given that we are asking a limited subset of questions, and 
setting sane defaults elsewhere, are there ways we could harden the 
installer against failed autodetections? For example, leaving config 
files in a sane default state, failing gracefully where possible, and 
logging such failures? Also, potentially alerting the user when we do 
drop the priority level, because it seems to happen only when things go 
wrong, and it seems to result in weird D-I codepaths being exposed.

Thanks Sounders, these reports are very helpful!

Mark

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