Bug#286180: [installation-guide] manual could reflect debconf serverity level
Matt Taggart <taggart@debian.org> wrote:
> Since it is possible to run debian installer at different debconf severity
> levels (and make versions of d-i that run in those levels by defaults) it
> would be cool if the debian-installation-manual was structured in such a way
> that you could build different guides for the different levels. This way a
> user at less than priority low could follow the install and not be confused by
> explainations of questions they aren't being asked.
>
> Ideally there would be a way to tag things in the XML to do this, but if
> something like that isn't possible then the document _could_ be restructured
> to separate sections and then have a Makefile sort it all out.
>
> This would be cool but would probably take some work both initially and
> on-going as the manual was maintained. Filing at severity wishlist.
Introducing different variants of the manual could also add some irritation
or complexity to users, when they use the wrong variant, and cannot find a
said chapter, or the like.
Given the age of this bug (2004) and the manpower in the team, I would close
this as wont-fix.
Objections?
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