Quoting Helmut Wollmersdorfer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
Well, I do not see any problem here..:-)
All this is technically possible with the current d-i...except defaulting to a UTF-8 environment (that will be possible as soon as localechooser replaces lang+countrychooser)
I wonder about this, because UTF-8 is the only general solution against the historical character encoding babylon.
I do not agree about only using English for system administration but this is a personal feeling which is for sure not enforced anywhere in d-i....
ACK.
I absolutely don't know where you got the idea that all this is not possible..:-)
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For this, you need
to either use the expert install...or "dpkg-reconfigure locales" when
the installation is over.
Thus locales should always be choosable and reconfigurable in a convenient way without reading tons of manuals.
This is exactly how d-i behaves since the beginning..:-)
You mean that d-i fullfilles _all_ of the criteria of my above sentence: 1) always 2) choosable and reconfigurable 3) in a convenient way 4) without reading tons of manuals
No.
Using something like "dpkg-reconfigure locales" needs a newbie, or even an experienced linux user but new to debian, to know the exact spelling, or reading manuals, or writing down by hand all messages of d-i.
Hopefully sid will a have a more general, menu driven solution, where _each_ screen has back, up, help, skip and expert choice.
I don't want to be misunderstood. Debian developers made a great job to make a large scale of configurations, architectures and exotic combinations _technically_ installable. But there is still a great lack in usability.
Helmut Wollmersdorfer
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