Package: debconf
Version: 1.4.42
Severity: wishlist

Hello,
I checked the interactive conflict resolver of SVK, and I think something 
similar would
be very usefull when users tries to resolve the conflict between theirs 
versions and
packages versions of config files.

For example:
Configuration file /etc/default/nfs-kernel-server'
 ==> Modified (by you or by a script) since installation.
 ==> Package distributor has shipped an updated version.
   What would you like to do about it ?  Your options are:
    Y or I  : install the package maintainer's version
    N or O  : keep your currently-installed version
      D     : show the differences between the versions
      Z     : background this process to examine the situation
 The default action is to keep your current version.
*** nfs-kernel-server (Y/I/N/O/D/Z) [default=N] ? 

It would be very nice if this list contains some other options:
-edit file
-merge

edit file option starts a $EDITOR and
merge starts a merger like SVK does it.

You can check svk: svk.elixus.org.

Merge editor in SVK checks for available merge tools, and if one of them found 
then starts it.

I'm not sure but maybe it is possible to call directly from SVK this resolver 
logic.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.10-1-686
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)

Versions of packages debconf depends on:
pn  debconf-i18n | debconf-englis            Not found.
ii  perl-base                     5.8.4-5    The Pathologically Eclectic Rubbis

-- debconf information:
* debconf/priority: medium
* debconf/frontend: Dialog


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