id summary reporter owner description type status priority milestone component resolution keywords cc fix_version see_also 702 installer should use debconf geofft "So, we have this thing that asks you for some questions and then installs some Debian packages. Sounds familiar... If we use Debconf to ask questions for the installer, and use `debconf-apt-progress` to wrap our aptitude calls, then we get a couple of nifty things: * The normal text-mode install is capable of giving a little nicer menus with back/forward options and such. * We get a graphical installer for free, just by switching to the GNOME or KDE frontends, with a progress bar for apt. * It will integrate with the PXE install UI (i.e., debian-installer) instead of being a shell script run in a separate window. Perhaps part of the latter is getting the preinstall PXE stuff to also use Debconf, so that we can prompt for stuff before the base install completes. Note that, if we actually want a Debconf frontend other than ""noninteractive"" running during the initial install, we'll need to deal with #479 and preseed ""seen"" flags appropriately instead of abusing the noninteractive frontend into doing that for us." enhancement review normal Current Semester installer