On Wed 07 Sep 2016 at 16:42:32 +0100, Ian Campbell wrote: > On Tue, 2016-09-06 at 21:18 +0900, Charles Plessy wrote: > > > > I would be very intereted to have some feedback on how useful this is, and > > if > > > there would be a more relevant place or format to hold this information. > > Seems like it could be very useful, thanks! > > Might be worth filtering out the non-question stuff, i.e. "text" and > "error" types which AFAIK are the contents of various dialog boxes and > not questions. Not sure if there are others in the same category (I > didn't see any).
Your suggested filtering is not unreasonable but there could be some benefit in leaving them there (with a note that they obviously cannot be preseeded) because one then has a complete list of template options on which to make decisions. I'd be more concerned about netcfg/target_network_config (select) for internal use; can be preseeded Specifies what kind of network connection management tool should be configured post-installation if multiple are available. Automatic selection is used in this order when not specified: network-manager if available (on Linux only), ethernet configuration through ifupdown on wired installation and loopback configuration through ifupdown on wireless installations. Choices: Default: The netcfg templates file has Choices-C and and its omission reduces the usefulness of this section. There cannot be a default (and one isn't mentioned) because what is done depends on what is installed and how it is done. Again: netcfg/link_wait_timeout (string) Waiting time (in seconds) for link detection: Please enter the maximum time you would like to wait for network link detection. This has a (missing) "Default: 3". Everything in one place is certainly useful but, as a simple user, I have to wonder about the simplicity of reproducing it confidently with ease. -- Brian.
