Package: dpkg Version: 1.14.23 Severity: grave Justification: renders package unusable
I'm not sure how to file this other than somebody in Debian made one of the most bone-headed decisions ever when producing the dpkg -reconfigure xserver -xorg. Has anybody on the debian programming team bothered dropping by the forums on forums.debian.net, www.mepislovers.org, or even the Ubuntu forums? There are several requests outstanding wanting to know why dpkg -reconfigure xserver -xorg is no longer allowing selection of the precise video driver desired, and why the precise resolution can no longer be selected. As far as I've read on the debian mailing lists nobody on the Debian dev teams wants to come forward and explain why one of the most powerful and useful tools in the Debian Operating System has been changed into something that more resembles a Microsoft product tool. The best explination I've seen consists of "making Debian easier to configure" ... well. That didn't happen. Debian isn't easier to configure. It's bloody impossible for the average user. So, we'll put this where it can't be ignored. As a bug report, calling out Debian for being dead wrong. Fix the dpkg -reconfigure xserver -xorg application. Swallow the pride, admit somebody in Debian blew it, put a front page post on Debian.org saying the tool is being restored to it's proper state. -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/stable APT prefers testing APT policy: (800, 'testing') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.27-1-mepis64-smp (SMP w/2 CPU cores; PREEMPT) Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US (charmap=ISO-8859-1) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages dpkg depends on: ii coreutils 6.10-6 The GNU core utilities ii libc6 2.7-16 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii lzma 4.43-14 Compression method of 7z format in dpkg recommends no packages. Versions of packages dpkg suggests: ii apt 0.7.18 Advanced front-end for dpkg -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
