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recommended package management tool
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regarding d-i manual: aptitude is no longer the recommended package management
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Package: installation-guide
Tags: patch
Hi,
IMO aptitude is no longer the recommended package management tool.
AFAIK the release-notes for example now recommend apt-get (for dist-upgrades
at least).
Probably the following patch should be applied.
Holger
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Holger Wansing <hwans...@mailbox.org>
Index: en/using-d-i/modules/apt-setup.xml
===================================================================
--- en/using-d-i/modules/apt-setup.xml (Revision 69238)
+++ en/using-d-i/modules/apt-setup.xml (Arbeitskopie)
@@ -24,8 +24,7 @@
Other front-ends for package management, like <command>aptitude</command>
and <command>synaptic</command>, are also in use.
These front-ends are recommended for new users, since they integrate
some additional features (package searching and status checks)
-in a nice user interface. In fact, <command>aptitude</command> is now the
-recommended utility for package management.
+in a nice user interface.
</para><para>
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Hi,
Cyril Brulebois <k...@debian.org> wrote:
> Holger Wansing <hwans...@mailbox.org> (2014-08-17):
> > IMO aptitude is no longer the recommended package management tool.
> > AFAIK the release-notes for example now recommend apt-get (for
> > dist-upgrades at least).
> >
> > Probably the following patch should be applied.
>
> Hello,
>
> I'm not sure synaptic is still the thing pulled by major desktop
> environments but I agree that recommending aptitude looks wrong,
> so feel free to remove that sentence.
Done.
Holger
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Holger Wansing <hwans...@mailbox.org>
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