[Debconf-devel] Fwd: bits/news from the users of Debian?

[Colin Watson]

On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 10:00:28AM +0300, Alexandru Popa wrote:
> It would be nice to write a simple text/gui based front-end for debconf that
> scans all installed and configurable pachages (taking track on the debconf
> severity selected)

Note that the priority at which questions are asked is determined
programmatically, and so couldn't be determined in advance by such a
tool.

> and lists them, eventually with some tips about what this pachage is
> about. If one selects a package from the list and presses
> "Reconfigure", the tool lanches dpkg-reconfigure with the selected
> pachage in a regular way.

It seems to me that this belongs in a package manager such as aptitude.

Cheers,

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Colin Watson                                       [cjwatson at debian.org]