Re: [devel] kast design

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On Sunday 25 July 2004 18:54, Dominique Devriese wrote:
> Peter Rockai writes:
> > So, there is a first subject of recent discussions, the design of
> > KaST, our system tool. We plan to build on foundation of debconf,
> > retaining as much of backward compatibility as possible.
>
> Just a note: debconf is not at all meant for this.  It is not a system
> configurator or a backend for one, it is a system that allows packages
> to query the user for certain information at install and some other
> times.
Hm... Yes, i know. We are going in this direction as well :). We just make it 
possible for the queries to be much more complex. The configuration is 
supposed to be done by maintainer scripts in the packages. However, if you 
have better idea on how to do this, i'm not (too) resistant to design 
changes. Just bear in mind the goals.
>
> cheers
> domi

Yours,
    Peter

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