sync with manjaro's settings

calamares/modules/packagechooser.conf

@@ -1,38 +1,62 @@
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: no
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: CC0-1.0
+#
 # Configuration for the low-density software chooser
 ---
-# The packagechooser writes a GlobalStorage value for the choice that
-# has been made. The key is *packagechooser_<id>*. If *id* is set here,
-# it is substituted into the key name. If it is not set, the module's
-# instance name is used; see the *instances* section of `settings.conf`.
-# If there is just one packagechooser module, and no *id* is set,
-# resulting GS key is probably *packagechooser_packagechooser*.
-#
-# The GS value is a comma-separated list of the IDs of the selected
-# packages, or an empty string if none is selected.
-#
-# id: ""
-
 # Software selection mode, to set whether the software packages
 # can be chosen singly, or multiply.
 #
-# Possible modes are "optional", "required" (for zero or one)
+# Possible modes are "optional", "required" (for zero-or-one or exactly-one)
 # or "optionalmultiple", "requiredmultiple" (for zero-or-more
 # or one-or-more).
 mode: required
 
+# Software installation method:
+#
+# - "legacy" or "custom" or "contextualprocess"
+#   When set to "legacy", writes a GlobalStorage value for the choice that
+#   has been made. The key is *packagechooser_<id>*. The module's
+#   instance name is used; see the *instances* section of `settings.conf`.
+#   If there is just one packagechooser module, and no special instance is set,
+#   resulting GS key is probably *packagechooser_packagechooser*.
+#
+#   The GS value is a comma-separated list of the IDs of the selected
+#   packages, or an empty string if none is selected.
+#
+#   With "legacy" installation, you should have a contextualprocess or similar
+#   module somewhere in the `exec` phase to process the GlobalStorage key
+#   and actually **do** something for the packages.
+#
+# - "packages"
+#   When set to "packages", writes GlobalStorage values suitable for
+#   consumption by the *packages* module (which should appear later
+#   in the `exec` section. These package settings will then be handed
+#   off to whatever package manager is configured there.
+#
+# There is no need to put this module in the `exec` section. There
+# are no jobs that this module provides. You should put **other**
+# modules, either *contextualprocess* or *packages* or some custom
+# module, in the `exec` section to do the actual work.
+method: legacy
+
+
 # Human-visible strings in this module. These are all optional.
 # The following translated keys are used:
 #  - *step*, used in the overall progress view (left-hand pane)
 #
-# Each key kan have a [locale] added to it, which is used as
+# Each key can have a [locale] added to it, which is used as
 # the translated string for that locale. For the strings
 # associated with the "no-selection" item, see *items*, below
-# with the explicit id "".
+# with the explicit item-*id* "".
 #
 labels:
     step: "Office Suite"
     step[de]: "Office-Paket"
 
+# (Optional) item-*id* of pre-selected list-view item.
+# Pre-selects one of the items below.
+# default: kde
+
 # Items to display in the chooser. In general, this should be a
 # pretty short list to avoid overwhelming the UI. This is a list
 # of objects, and the items are displayed in list order.
@@ -42,31 +66,51 @@ labels:
 # as a source for the data.
 #
 # For data provided by the list: the item has an id, which is used in
-# setting the value of *packagechooser_<module-id>*). The following fields
-# are mandatory:
+# setting the value of *packagechooser_<module-id>*. The following field
+# is mandatory:
 #
-#  - *id* ID for the product. The ID "" is special, and is used for
-#    "no package selected". Only include this if the mode allows
-#    selecting none.
-#  - *package* Package name for the product. While mandatory, this is
-#       not actually used anywhere.
-#  - *name* Human-readable name of the product. To provide translations,
+#  - *id*
+#       ID for the product. The ID "" is special, and is used for
+#       "no package selected". Only include this if the mode allows
+#       selecting none. The name and description given for the "no package
+#       selected" item are displayed when the module starts.
+#
+# Each item must adhere to one of three "styles" of item. Which styles
+# are supported depends on compile-time dependencies of Calamares.
+# Both AppData and AppStream may **optionally** be available.
+#
+# # Generic Items #
+#
+# These items are always supported. They require the most configuration
+# **in this file** and duplicate information that may be available elsewhere
+# (e.g. in AppData or AppStream), but do not require any additional
+# dependencies. These items have the following **mandatory** fields:
+#
+#  - *name*
+#       Human-readable name of the product. To provide translations,
 #       add a *[lang]* decoration as part of the key name, e.g. `name[nl]`
 #       for Dutch. The list of usable languages can be found in
 #       `CMakeLists.txt` or as part of the debug output of Calamares.
-#  - *description* Human-readable description. These can be translated
-#       as well.
-#  - *screenshot* Path to a single screenshot of the product. May be
-#       a filesystem path or a QRC path (e.g. ":/images/no-selection.png").
+#  - *description*
+#       Human-readable description. These can be translated as well.
+#  - *screenshot*
+#       Path to a single screenshot of the product. May be a filesystem
+#       path or a QRC path, e.g. ":/images/no-selection.png".
 #
-# Use the empty string "" as ID / key for the "no selection" item if
-# you want to customize the display of that item as well.
+# The following field is **optional** for an item:
+#
+#  - *packages* :
+#       List of package names for the product. If using the *method*
+#       "packages", consider this item mandatory (because otherwise
+#       selecting the item would install no packages).
+#
+# # AppData Items #
 #
 # For data provided by AppData XML: the item has an *appdata*
 # key which points to an AppData XML file in the local filesystem.
 # This file is parsed to provide the id (from AppData id), name
 # (from AppData name), description (from AppData description paragraphs
-# or the summary entries), and a screenshot (the defautl screenshot
+# or the summary entries), and a screenshot (the default screenshot
 # from AppData). No package is set (but that is unused anyway).
 #
 # AppData may contain IDs that are not useful inside Calamares,
@@ -75,6 +119,8 @@ labels:
 # **may** specify an ID or screenshot path, as above. This will override
 # the settings from AppData.
 #
+# # AppStream Items #
+#
 # For data provided by AppStream cache: the item has an *appstream*
 # key which matches the AppStream identifier in the cache (e.g.
 # *org.kde.kwrite.desktop*). Data is retrieved from the AppStream