Re: Debconf doesn't scale well -- suggestion
On Sat, Aug 21, 2004 at 01:53:09PM +0200, Jérôme Warnier wrote:
> 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.
He probably pointed dpkg-reconfigure. Indeed, a differet tabbed interface
could also be thought in that specific case. But I suspect it's not easy
to implement and very error prone.
--
Francesco P. Lovergine
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