On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 18:03:16 +0200, Christian Perrier wrote: > There were plans to *use* console-setup in D-I instead of kbd-chooser > and console-data udebs. They would have resulted in c-s being used on > the installed system as well. > > There is even a wiki pakge in the DebianInstaller tree about this. > > The plan choke on two things, so far: > > - i18n of the keymap questions (keymap names), which would be a > regression
Would the existing translations from xkeyboard-config be useful there, or would we need to start all over? Granted, that's probably not as widely translated as d-i. Anyone knows how ubuntu handled this? I hear they use c-s already. > - having someone really caring about this *and* being skilled enough > in those things to be able to commit self to conduct the transition > *and* maintain c-s afterwards > OK. I don't really know what's involved in maintaining c-s, and I expect my free time will shrink in the next months (and X is enough of a big beast to make me not want to take on anything else), so I'm not volunteering, but I'd be happy to help whoever does. > So, I think that everybody agrees on the *principle*...now we need to > find the resources to actually do it. > > and that would make me very happy as the current mess of > console-tools, console-common, kbd and console-data is a nightmare, > particularly considering that most of these are in maintenance mode. > Thanks for the summary of the situation. Cheers, Julien -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
