Re: Debconf doesn't scale well -- suggestion
Le ven 20/08/2004 à 15:06, Daniel Haude a écrit :
> Hello folks,
>
> I've been running Debian on several machines for several years and have
> been always happy with it. The only thing that I've almost always had to
> struggle with is the configuration of the X windows system which I do
> through debconf. What I don't like about debconf (this is always the case
> but becomes very obvious with a package like xserver-xfree86 which has a
> great many options that can be fiddled with) is the one-dimensional
> approach to the configuration, meaning that you always have to wade
> through the same collection of questions even if you only want to change
> one single parameter. There isn't even a chance to go back. Shouldn't it
> be possible to add an interface which implements the modern approach -- a
> tabbed collection of configuation panels, one for each section (screen,
> mouse, keyboard etc) of the configuration?
As of d-i, it should now be easier to avoid a lot of redundant
questions, like for example xdebconfigurator could help you setting up
your X server without much effort. Similaly, localization-config could
help you setting up keyboad mapping.
Hope it helps.
> I actually find it hard to believe that this isn't being worked on already
> -- or is it?
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Jérôme Warnier
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