Re: Pre-seeding XFree settings for keyboard in Debian Installer

2004-07-10 Thread Konstantinos Margaritis
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Ok, I have now finished the infrastructure using version maps, but before I upload I would like to describe the process, for feedback, comments etc. Basically the dir structure is this: /conffiles.d: sarge/ woody/ xfree86-kbd.preinst ispell.prein

Re: Pre-seeding XFree settings for keyboard in Debian Installer

2004-07-08 Thread Branden Robinson
On Tue, Jun 29, 2004 at 10:52:12PM +0300, Konstantinos Margaritis wrote: > conffiles.d/sarge: > ispell.preinst xfree86-kbd.preinst > > conffiles.d/woody: > ispell.postinst ktouch.postinst locale.preinstopera6.postinst > xfree86-kbd.preinst kde2.postinstlinks.postinst > ltsp-xfree86-

Re: Pre-seeding XFree settings for keyboard in Debian Installer

2004-06-29 Thread Konstantinos Margaritis
On ÎÎÏ 30 ÎÎÏÎ 2004 01:39, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote: > Well, sure, you can keep adding new options all the time, but it > will be a maintenence problem keeping it correct and up to date. True, but this applies for everything, and maintaining will be easy for older releases, only the latest will

Re: Pre-seeding XFree settings for keyboard in Debian Installer

2004-06-29 Thread Konstantinos Margaritis
On ÎÎÏ 30 ÎÎÏÎ 2004 00:39, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote: > Not sure if it is a good idea to hardcode in the names of debian > releases like that. The package should work also after sarge is > released, and a new version is being developed. There is no reason why it should not work, after all, I can

Re: Pre-seeding XFree settings for keyboard in Debian Installer

2004-06-29 Thread Petter Reinholdtsen
[Konstantinos Margaritis] > There is no reason why it should not work, after all, I can just add > a new option for the next release. Well, sure, you can keep adding new options all the time, but it will be a maintenence problem keeping it correct and up to date. > unpredictable ways? I don't rea

Re: Pre-seeding XFree settings for keyboard in Debian Installer

2004-06-29 Thread Petter Reinholdtsen
[Konstantinos Margaritis] > Ok, here is what i have now: > conffiles.d/: > sarge woody Not sure if it is a good idea to hardcode in the names of debian releases like that. The package should work also after sarge is released, and a new version is being developed. > It will read the /etc/debian_

Re: Pre-seeding XFree settings for keyboard in Debian Installer

2004-06-29 Thread Konstantinos Margaritis
On ÎÏÎ 29 ÎÎÏÎ 2004 17:34, Konstantinos Margaritis wrote: > ok, how about spliting the conffiles to two dirs, for woody/sarge, > or with a suffix in the filename (eg. kde2.woody, kde3.sarge). Ok, here is what i have now: conffiles.d/: sarge woody conffiles.d/sarge: ispell.preinst xfree86-kbd.pr

Re: Pre-seeding XFree settings for keyboard in Debian Installer

2004-06-29 Thread Konstantinos Margaritis
On ÎÏÎ 29 ÎÎÏÎ 2004 14:12, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote: > [Konstantinos Margaritis] > > > * of all the conffiles.d, we only need xfree86-kbd, and probably > > kde(but updated for kde 3) > > If possible, make sure the package work in Woody as well as in > Sarge/Sid. ok, how about spliting the conffil

Re: Pre-seeding XFree settings for keyboard in Debian Installer

2004-06-29 Thread Petter Reinholdtsen
[Konstantinos Margaritis] > * of all the conffiles.d, we only need xfree86-kbd, and probably > kde(but updated for kde 3) If possible, make sure the package work in Woody as well as in Sarge/Sid. > * ispell needs to be updated to new versions which are (I think) > debconf base Yes, some major r

Re: Pre-seeding XFree settings for keyboard in Debian Installer

2004-06-29 Thread Konstantinos Margaritis
On ÎÏÏ 27 ÎÎÏÎ 2004 09:21, Christian Perrier wrote: > Quoting Petter Reinholdtsen ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > [Christian Perrier] > > > > > As a way to circumvent this, I propose that we pre-seed > > > xserver-xfree86 settings about keyboard, mostly > > > "xserver-xfree86/config/inputdevice/keyboard/m

Re: Pre-seeding XFree settings for keyboard in Debian Installer

2004-06-27 Thread Konstantinos Margaritis
On ÎÏÏ 27 ÎÎÏÎ 2004 09:21, Christian Perrier wrote: > Quoting Petter Reinholdtsen ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > [Christian Perrier] > > > > > As a way to circumvent this, I propose that we pre-seed > > > xserver-xfree86 settings about keyboard, mostly > > > "xserver-xfree86/config/inputdevice/keyboard/m

Re: Pre-seeding XFree settings for keyboard in Debian Installer

2004-06-26 Thread Christian Perrier
Quoting Petter Reinholdtsen ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > [Christian Perrier] > > As a way to circumvent this, I propose that we pre-seed > > xserver-xfree86 settings about keyboard, mostly > > "xserver-xfree86/config/inputdevice/keyboard/model" and > > "xserver-xfree86/config/inputdevice/keyboard/layout"

Re: Pre-seeding XFree settings for keyboard in Debian Installer

2004-06-26 Thread Petter Reinholdtsen
[Christian Perrier] > As a way to circumvent this, I propose that we pre-seed > xserver-xfree86 settings about keyboard, mostly > "xserver-xfree86/config/inputdevice/keyboard/model" and > "xserver-xfree86/config/inputdevice/keyboard/layout" with appropriate > values, depending on the chosen keyboar

Re: Pre-seeding XFree settings for keyboard in Debian Installer

2004-06-26 Thread Kenshi Muto
At 26 Jun 04 12:33:12 GMT, Christian Perrier wrote: > As a consequence, users not aware of this will just be unable to login > as soon as their chosen password contains letters which are mapped > differently on a FR and a US keyboard (and there are a *lot*). > > This is obviously very bad and I so

Re: Pre-seeding XFree settings for keyboard in Debian Installer

2004-06-26 Thread Recai Oktas
* Christian Perrier [2004-06-26 14:33:12+0200] > Currently, we probably all know that choosing a non US keyboard during > Debian Installer and then installing X, all this at high debconf > priority (with X configuration debconf questions about keyboard *not* > asked) will end with a strange system

Pre-seeding XFree settings for keyboard in Debian Installer

2004-06-26 Thread Christian Perrier
Currently, we probably all know that choosing a non US keyboard during Debian Installer and then installing X, all this at high debconf priority (with X configuration debconf questions about keyboard *not* asked) will end with a strange system where the user has chosen, say a french keyboard.bu