#801155 keyboard-configuration: dpkg-reconfigure : configuration info misleading for CH / sg.latin1 keyboard

Package:
keyboard-configuration
Source:
console-setup
Submitter:
roger crettol
Date:
2015-10-06 23:09:06 UTC
Severity:
normal
#801155#5
Date:
2015-10-06 22:57:37 UTC
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After selecting a PC-105 keyboard, and a swiss/german configuration, the
configuration presents the following selection mask.

 │   Please select the layout matching the keyboard for this machine.
│
 │
│
 │ Keyboard layout:
│
 │
│
 │     German (Switzerland)
│
 │     German (Switzerland) - French (Switzerland)
│
 │     German (Switzerland) - French (Switzerland, Macintosh)
│
 │     German (Switzerland) - French (Switzerland, Sun dead keys)
│
 │     German (Switzerland) - French (Switzerland, eliminate dead keys)
│
 │     German (Switzerland) - German (Switzerland, Macintosh)
│
 │     German (Switzerland) - German (Switzerland, Sun dead keys)
│
 │     German (Switzerland) - German (Switzerland, eliminate dead keys)
│
 │     German (Switzerland) - German (Switzerland, legacy)
│
 │     Other
│

Since the keys of the swiss-german keyboards have the german diacritics in
lower-case position, and the french diacritics in upper-case position, the
headings
  "German (Switzerland) - French (Switzerland ...)"
and
  "German (Switzerland) - German (Switzerland ...)"
are confusing.

Everything would be clearer if the leading "German (Switzerland)" was dropped
altogether. The confusing presentation lead me to chose
  "German (Switzerland) - French (Switzerland, eliminate dead keys)"
with completely unwanted results - a swiss-french layout.

I understand the need to keep both the swiss-french and swiss-german layouts on
the selection panel, in case a reconfiguration is needed.