Thomas Goirand wrote: >On 11/29/20 11:37 PM, Timo Weingärtner wrote: >> >> Would checking "a" automatically also check "a/*"? >> Is it only about UI, meaning "a/*" would be collapsed under "a"? >> Shall it be possible to check "a", but uncheck "a/b"? >> >> GrüÃe >> Timo > >I very much agree that this needs to be discussed, then specified correctly.
I think I've been clear on this bit in the thread? What's missing? >Also, would that sound crazy if we were to introduce the tree as >described with json? That's simple enough, so that even a human can do >it by hand, and also understood by all languages. json is all well and good for more powerful languages (and yes, I'd be convinced there!), but nigh-on impossible to do reliably in shell AFAICS. Shell is (one of) the most common environments for driving debconf, in package config and postinst scripts. I don't think that's going to fly. Oh, except... We'd only have to generate the json from shell, not parse it. That may be more tractable. Thanks, that could be a good suggestion! >Otherwise, what would be the way to describe a tree? I'm playing with ideas so far, let's see shortly. :-) -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. st...@einval.com "You can't barbecue lettuce!" -- Ellie Crane