[Bug 154459] Re: Configuration File Change: Old Man Mindset

[Tina Russell]

*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1 ***
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1

I have no idea why this is marked as a duplicate! It’s more that this is
one of the bugs that must be fixed if #1 is to be fixed.

I agree that something must be done about this process. I’m wary of
attempting to divide users into streams, asking them at the beginning if
they want “easy” or “advanced,” a bizarre moment of rating yourself
without much reference to go on. But, yes, the “change old configuration
file?” window needs to be vastly friendlier. At the very least, it needs
something along the lines of, “if you don’t know what to do, choose this
option...”

In the longer term, perhaps we really need to establish that packages
should have a “merge” functionality for their configuration file
upgrades, where it will generate a new configuration file taking your
previous changes into account. Perhaps a standardized library would be
needed for this. Hmmm...

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Configuration File Change: Old Man Mindset
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/154459
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