Hi. As you probably all know, BRLTTY currently has debconf support files so that a nice dialog pops up upon install and asks the user which type of display he has and where that is connected to (device file). The necessary code behind it is a bit complicated, and needs a heavy update for 3.5/3.6, which is the main reason why 3.6 is not yet in Unstable. Now, 3.6 recently gained autodetection support, at least for all USB supported models. Considering the debconf complexity and what the user really gains, I am thinking about dropping debconf support in the next upload all together, and try a different approach: The default configuration for /etc/brltty.conf would be such that BRLTTY will try to autodetect USB displays. So for all USB display owners, things would be plug-and-play as soon as they apt-get install'ed brltty. Just connect the display, and brltty should find and initialize it. Serial display users would have to open /etc/brltty.conf and add their display driver + the device file they use and do /etc/init.d/brltty restart. Any comments/cries/protests/whatsoever? -- CYa, Mario
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