On Sun, Jan 24, 1999 at 03:25:46PM +0800, Mikolaj J. Habryn wrote:
> >>>>> "WA" == Wichert Akkerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> WA> Wrong. dpkg-question is evil in that it only allows you to
> WA> answer a single question at a time. That is silly of course,
> WA> and it makes lots of sense to group questions together and ask
> WA> them all at once in a single screen/dialog/webpage/whatever.
>
> Okay, that is a very good point. However, how do you then deal with
> interdependencies between variables (ie, when the nth question you ask
> is dependent upon the n-1th)? I agree to a large extent with you, and
> this is something that I would suggest resolving in a later stage,
> perhaps by variable substitution in config files.
>
Here's the simplest way to do it; just have the interpreter (yes, we're
going to have to introduce a new scripting language for this, otherwise
it'll be ugly as heck) be able to toggle keys as active based on specified
criteria... We also need a rudimentary looping mechanism.
Like, boolean tests or regexps.
I know perl wouldn't be a good thing to have as the backend
configuration info format... Perhaps python or something home grown.
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