Overlay debconf configuration
Metadata
Current evaluation
Triaged enhancement requesting a plugin to apply package debconf selections to image overlays, replacing chroot-based override scripts; it remains open and unimplemented.
Suggested action: keep open
Reason: The request is a valid, maintainer-filed enhancement with a concrete use case, and it is marked Status: Triaged and Type: Enhancement. The current plugin registry contains mmdebstrap, snap-preseed, and uc-prepare but no debconf plugin, and no debconf-related implementation commit was found; schema and reconfigure semantics may still need design.
Evaluated by: mr-cal-bot
Impact:
65
Quick Win:
20
Complexity:
58
Confidence:
91
Actionability:
72
Issue body
### Check existing issues
- [x] I've verified that this request isn't described by any existing issues.
### Request
Add a plugin that can set debconf configuration for a package. Essentially, replace override scripts like these:
```
+ # Set console-setup codeset to Uni2
+ echo "console-setup console-setup/codesetcode string Uni2" | \
+ chroot $CRAFT_OVERLAY debconf-set-selections
+ echo "console-setup console-setup/codeset47 string . Combined - Latin; Slavic Cyrillic; Greek" | \
+ chroot $CRAFT_OVERLAY debconf-set-selections
+ chroot $CRAFT_OVERLAY sed -i -e 's,^CODESET.*,CODESET="Uni2",g' \
+ -e 's,^FONTFACE.*,FONTFACE="Fixed",g' \
+ /etc/default/console-setup
+
+ # Set grub cloud-style installation for non-interactive grub updates LP: #2054103
+ echo "grub-pc grub-efi/cloud_style_installation boolean true" | \
+ chroot $CRAFT_OVERLAY debconf-set-selections
+ echo "grub-pc grub-pc/cloud_style_installation boolean true" | \
+ chroot $CRAFT_OVERLAY debconf-set-selections
+ chroot $CRAFT_OVERLAY dpkg-reconfigure --frontend=noninteractive console-setup
```
### The problem it solves
A big part of images is setting the debconf configuration.
Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha |
Impact:
65
Quick Win:
20
Complexity:
58
Confidence:
91
Actionability:
72
|
keep open | Triaged enhancement requesting a plugin to apply package debconf selections to image overlays, replacing chroot-based override scripts; it remains open and unimplemented. | |
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha |
Impact:
55
Quick Win:
21
Complexity:
45
Confidence:
84
Actionability:
68
|
keep open | Feature request (maintainer-filed, triaged Enhancement) to add an Imagecraft plugin that sets debconf configuration for packages, replacing long override scripts that pipe debconf-set-selections/dpkg-reconfigure into $CRAFT_OVERLAY | |
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha |
Impact:
52
Quick Win:
20
Complexity:
44
Confidence:
92
Actionability:
70
|
needs triage | Requested package-specific debconf configuration for image overlays to replace manual override scripts; unlabelled, with related Debcraft work noted and scope awaiting triage. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 |
Impact:
45
Quick Win:
20
Staleness:
45
Complexity:
55
Confidence:
65
Support Request:
0
|
needs triage | Feature request to add a debconf configuration plugin for imagecraft, replacing manual override scripts. Untriaged, no maintainer response. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b |
Staleness:
20
Complexity:
50
Confidence:
85
Support Request:
10
|
needs triage | Feature request to add a plugin for setting debconf configuration in overlays, replacing manual chroot scripts. Currently unlabelled and awaiting maintainer triage. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 |
Staleness:
5
Complexity:
40
Confidence:
85
Support Request:
5
|
needs triage | Feature request to add a plugin for setting debconf configuration in the overlay, replacing manual chroot scripts. Freshly opened by a maintainer with one comment referencing related work. |
Update history
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| updated |
Related work
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Related To:
canonical/debcraft#146
(confidence 96%)
A maintainer explicitly linked open Debcraft issue #146, which covers package-side debconf configuration scripts rather than applying selections to an image overlay.
Related issues
No related issues found above the similarity threshold.