[Pkg-gpm-devel] Bug#268574: gpm: New debconf configuration does not cope with user's errors

[Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña]

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Package: gpm
Version: 1.19.6-17
Priority: normal

The old gpmconfig configuration will cope with a common error: it will not=
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allow the user to mystype the mouse type since it would compare it with the=
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list of available mouse types. The new debconf configuration makes no=20
effort to review what the user has introduced and, in the event of a typo,=
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the configuration will break (since gpm will not be able to start).

A typo might be now more common since the user is first presented with the
list of available options and then is asked (in a new screen) what option
does he want to select without any mention of the possible options. I think
the question dialog should probably be a radio button kind of question
(select one of the list) instead of a free selection (text area). If it
would be implemented this way there wouldn't be any need to check the
user's input.

Regards

Javier

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