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Re: X Strike Force X.Org X11 SVN commit: r640 - trunk/debian



On Tue, Oct 04, 2005 at 12:11:56PM +0200, Frans Pop wrote:
> On Tuesday 04 October 2005 04:56, Daniel Stone wrote:
> > To be honest, I don't see the Debconf interface as being valuable.  I
> > don't think it provides anything over xorg.conf for the average user,
> > since you're going to have to be googling it anyway, and ... yeah.  I
> > just don't see why it would be used at all.  The only thing we use it
> > for is sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg -> instant config
> > regeneration, with full redetection.
> 
> Just that it does not fit your use case, does not mean it is not valuable. 
> I have used the debconf interface to make minor changes (like increasing 
> or decreasing default resolution) and have been quite annoyed with 
> debconf not preserving previous answers for xorg.

I don't see how this is any easier than editing the configuration file,
still.

> Not only is it illogical, it is also inconsistent with how debconf is used 
> for most other packages.

Most other packages don't need such a pathologically insane config
file.  (Luckily.)

> The suggestion to do a full reset for _directly related questions_ if 
> something is autoprobed sounds like a good one.

I'm down with that.

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