[Pkg-kbd-devel] Bug#998086: update d/control for console-setup

Osamu Aoki osamu at debian.org
Sat Oct 30 02:42:32 BST 2021


Package: kbd
Version: 2.3.0-3
Severity: normal
Tags: patch

As reported to merge request 4
  https://salsa.debian.org/debian/kbd/-/merge_requests/4

Previous description caused impression that the installation of
console-data is desirable thing to do.  This updates removes
such impression and guides people to use console-setup without
worry.

Background:

Thisroposal comes from discussion:
  https://lists.debian.org/debian-doc/2021/10/msg00017.html

We now recommend console-setup as the primary recommendation now
in the package dependency.

Since around 2010, the use of console-setup has declined and the new
installation seems to install console-setup as the default.

  * https://qa.debian.org/popcon.php?package=console-setup
  * https://qa.debian.org/popcon.php?package=console-data

FYI: I still see a merge request is still open
  https://salsa.debian.org/debian/kbd/-/merge_requests/3

-- System Information:
Debian Release: bookworm/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 5.14.0-2-amd64 (SMP w/12 CPU threads)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled

Versions of packages kbd depends on:
ii  libc6  2.32-4

Versions of packages kbd recommends:
ii  console-setup  1.205

kbd suggests no packages.

-- no debconf information



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