From: sthibault@debian.org 
  
 Samuel Thibault, le dim. 28 sept. 2025 02:22:29 +0200, a ecrit: 
 > Chime Hart, le sam. 27 sept. 2025 16:28:36 -0700, a ecrit: 
 > > For several years while running upgrades, I hear about a newer 
 > > config which they want me to make descisions about. However, if indeede 
 this is 
 > > a numbered menu, it is quite out of order, especially reading in Speakup. 
 > [...] 
 > >   1. install the package maintainer's version    3. show the differences 
 between the versions            5. show a 3-way difference between available 
 versions  7. start a new shell to examine the situation 
 > >   2. keep the local version currently installed  4. show a side-by-side 
 difference between the versions  6. do a 3-way merge between available 
 versions 
 > 
 > Inside the debian installer, this was changed to use horizontal 
 > numbering, so that the speech-enabled installer says choices in proper 
 > order, but in the installed system that's not enabled, one would have to 
 > 
 > export DEBCONF_TEXT_HORIZ=1 
 > 
 > in the root environment. 
 > 
 > I'm however wondering: can we not just default to horizontal numbering? 
  
 I have pushed the default orientation change. 
  
 Samuel 
  
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