Bug#971438: Debconf variable names not "automation friendly"

[Ryan Tandy]

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On Wed, Sep 30, 2020 at 06:06:59PM +0200, Dominik Rimpf wrote:
>I spend the last hour to understand what the debconf variables „password1“ and „password2“ are for.
>Now I know that they’re just for password-confirmation, so I would like to suggest to make this clear in the variable names.
>I would propose to change the variable-names to „admin_password“ (for „password1“) and „admin_password_confirm“ (for „password2“).
>That would make it easier to understand directly what the variables are meant for.

I don't disagree with this, but if I change the names, then it breaks 
things for anyone who is already preseeding or scripting this.

I assume you're getting the list of variables from slapd.templates? Is 
there anything I could add or change in the Description field of these 
variables that would make things more clear?