On Tue, Jul 13, 2004 at 01:22:09PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: > Branden Robinson wrote: > > The debconf reorg is scheduled, but I *don't* have plans to introduce a > > spurious dependency of xserver-xfree86 on discover, mdetect, or read-edid. > > Have you considered doing an xfree86-config package that is separate > from X and depends on the right set of tools? I like this, because it > allows for a xfree86-knoppix-config or whatever. > > > I thought it was agreed a long time ago that it really was the installer's > > job to get hardware autodetection tools onto the system. > > That's fine for general purpose hardware detection tools, but for things > like read-edid and mdetect, we either end up bloating systems with no X > with these tools, or we end up with unresolvable bugs like #250422. On Tue, Jul 13, 2004 at 09:00:21PM +0200, Michael Banck wrote: > On Tue, Jul 13, 2004 at 01:22:09PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: [...] > Did the d-i team consider using the xdebconfigurator package? > > Description: A script used with debconf to autoconfigure xserver-xfree86 > A script-package used in conjunction with debconf to autoconfigure > xserver-xfree86. This script is supposed to help setup X correctly > even with DEBIAN_FRONTEND set to noninteractive. > > Just a thought, I haven't really seen it in action. I have no objection to this proposal. I'd be happy to work with the xdebconfigurator maintainer to ensure smooth interoperation. -- G. Branden Robinson | Software engineering: that part of Debian GNU/Linux | computer science which is too branden@debian.org | difficult for the computer http://people.debian.org/~branden/ | scientist.
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