On Sat, 23 May 2009, Anton Zinoviev wrote: > On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 07:14:34PM +0200, Kurt Roeckx wrote: > > Package: console-setup, console-data > > Severity: serious > > > > Hi, > > > > console-setup and console-data both allow you to setup the > > keyboard layout but they do not take each other settings into > > account. > > > > I think there is yet an other package that does the same thing, > > but I'm not sure about it's name. > > I didn't close this bug because I was considering to add a Debconf > question asking which package should configure the console (similar to > that the user gets with more than one display manager - xdm, wdm, kdm, > gdm). But after a second thought I doubt this is worth the effort - > console-tools is almost unmaintained and there are still some things > that console-setup doesn't do, such as the default state of NumLock, > setterm. Moreover the scripts in console-tools and console-data are in > bad shape and it will be difficult for their maintainers to do the > required changes. > > So unless there are objections I'd like to close #524233 and #524239.
Such choice ought to be documented in a README.Debian and maybe even in the description. The user should have a way to know what is more or less obsolete and what should be kept on his system to have proper console configuration support. Cheers, -- Raphaël Hertzog Contribuez à Debian et gagnez un cahier de l'admin Debian Lenny : http://www.ouaza.com/wp/2009/03/02/contribuer-a-debian-gagner-un-livre/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
