Bug#1036321: rootskel-gtk: Include metadata about the banner

[Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>]

Package: rootskel-gtk
Version: 12.0.1
Severity: normal

Hi,

Until now, we've always been favoring one side of the banner, and that's
been encoded in cdebconf-gtk: starting the installer in “Rescue” will
result in a (translated) label being printed on top of the banner,
either on the left or on the right. That's currently hardcoded in
cdebconf-gtk and that needs to be adjusted depending on where the Debian
name, logo, version number etc. end up for a given banner.

It would probably make sense to have a small metadata file that could be
picked up by cdebconf-gtk.

Maybe something like logo_debian.properties (or whatever name) with:

    labelPosition=right
    bannerExpands=right

and having cdebconf-gtk deal with default settings (e.g. right for
both). I'm not yet sure about whether it would make sense to support
bannerExpands=both (probably doesn't cost much more, but would that look
OK?).

I'm tempted to try and get that squeezed in finally (#745359 was almost
10 years ago, and the scaling trick was better than nothing, but clearly
not ideal); we can always refine the format later on.


Cheers,
-- 
Cyril Brulebois (kibi@debian.org)            <https://debamax.com/>
D-I release manager -- Release team member -- Freelance Consultant