Status of jed-extra

[Rafael Laboissiere]

* Jörg Sommer <joerg at alea.gnuu.de> [2005-09-30 23:17]:

> G. Milde schrieb am Thu 29. Sep, 16:31 (+0200):
> >   3. Install a choice of modes (inclusive adding autoloads and
> >      add_completion())
> >      
> >      a) choosen by the packagers
> >      b) choosen from a list with debconf
> 
> Sorry, but this not possible. After the discussion on debian-devel, I
> can say this is a debconf abuse.

I think you are mentioning the thread started with:

    http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2005/07/msg00114.html

After rereading the thread, I am not sure the consensus was reached. I
think that the case above will not be an debconf abuse if we (1) set the
priority to "low", (2) provide a sensible default, i.e. all packages
installed, and (3) take care of the changes that the system administrator
makes manually to the configuration files.

Besides, the thread in debian-devel was about the look and feel of the
editor, which is quite different from choosing the per-loaded packages
(this may have an impact on the start-up performance).

-- 
Rafael