Re: d-i first-stage configuration

[Thiemo Seufer <ica2_ts@csv.ica.uni-stuttgart.de>]

Steinar H. Gunderson wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 29, 2004 at 05:23:19PM -0500, Joey Hess wrote:
> >         Language:       English
> >         Country:        United States
> >         Keyboard:       us
> >         Network:        eth0 using DHCP
> >         Hostname:       debian
> >         Mirror:         http.us.debian.org
> >         Mode:           novice
> > 
> > You really think that will come across as a big blob of data, rather than
> > a list of things that can be changed?
> 
> "A big blob of data" is a bit too much, I'll admit that.
> 
> However, assume the user knows nothing about what the heck "eth0", "DHCP",
> "hostname" or even "mirror" is; then I'd believe it's confusing. :-)
> Of course, if we could change to "first network card", "automatically",
> "computer name" and "download site" or whatever, it would probably be
> slightly easier. (I'm not really sure if those are sane terms or not, but
> you'd probably get the idea.)
> 
> The question is, do we really need all of those? Even if the user har
> specified "novice" first? What will it buy us over the current rather
> "wizard-based" (if I can say that word without people throwing up ;-) )
> approach?

Maybe it should be:

        Language:       English
        Mode:           novice
        Hostname:       debian

and:

        Language:       English
        Mode:           expert
        Country:        United States
        Keyboard:       us
        Network:        eth0 using DHCP
        Hostname:       debian
        Mirror:         http.us.debian.org

that is, novice mode hides the Entries it has sane defaults for.


Thiemo