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Re: util-linux switch from slang to ncurses



On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 04:40:41PM +0300, Michael Tokarev wrote:
> 25.02.2011 16:18, Bastian Blank wrote:
> > On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 01:16:31PM +0100, Tollef Fog Heen wrote:
> >> we're considering switching util-linux from slang to ncurses as per
> >> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=581631 .  Do you have
> >> any input on that, apart from the obvious one that is that we need to
> >> have an ncurses-udeb before making the change?
> > Build the d-i version with slang.
> Why, or what for?

Because d-i uses slang/newt everywhere else. So no need to introduce
something new solely for cfdisk.

> > In the long term, we may just drop it.
> Is it used now?

So what?

Bastian

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