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Hi Andreas, I wonder if it is feasible to rely more on pre-seed files in
the docs.  If the docs described the pre-seed config options then the maybe
the rest would more closely resemble the ubuntu docs.  Speaking personally,
i'm a debian openstack user but i have edited files rather than debconf so
far.

jason


On Tue, Nov 18, 2014 at 2:12 PM, Andreas Jaeger <aj at suse.com> wrote:

>
> On 11/11/2014 09:23 PM, Matt Kassawara wrote:
> > I'm seeing some bugs pop up for the Debian variant of the Juno
> > installation guide that merely add to the list of existing open bugs
> > from prior releases. Considering the bugs and installation testing
> > status page [1], I don't see any attempts to test and/or maintain this
> > variant. The Debian packages use debconf, a configuration system that
> > requires un-translatable screen shots to configure services. However,
> > some items still require manually editing configuration files. Also,
> > Debian receives minimal readership compared to other distributions which
> > reduces the return on investment to maintain a system different from any
> > other distribution. I brought this issue up several weeks ago and
> > thought we wanted to pursue disabling debconf to make Debian mostly
> > follow Ubuntu and therefore easier to maintain. Any alternative
> > installation processes using debconf and/or automation would reside
> > outside of the official installation guide. Did we reach an agreement?
> >
> > [1] https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/JunoDocTesting
>
> Let's add Thomas explicitly to this thread.
>
> I agree with Jeremy - Debian uses debconf, so if the description is not
> covering debconf, we have to explain how to disable the use of debconf.
> So, this looks odd to me. Do we have better options?
>
> Andreas
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