robert pogson wrote: > Perhaps "enable" would be a better word than "allow".
Yes; "allow" is almost always arguable (except for things like PAM), and I have a natural bias against it since my work on debian-l10n-english frequently involves correcting sentences along the lines of "APT allows to manage installs". > It changes focus from the > system to the user which is consistent with the ideals of Free Software. On the other hand my "makes it possible" was designed to introduce a bit of wiggle room; setting things up for automated installs of thousands of packages on thousands of computers isn't quite a matter of ticking an "enable configuration management" checkbox. > I > remember the last position I had where I begged and bullied our PCs to update > with that other OS. Changing to Debian GNU/Linux and using APT enabled us to > increase the number of PCs in the system several times while decreasing the > effort. I felt my life was changed from labouring in waist-deep water to > leaping over tall buildings with ease. > > I don't think it is possible to over-sell APT. [...] Try harder! It's a 100% bug-free solution to all life's problems, requiring no human intervention at any stage, and I especially love its rich chocolatey flavour! Personally I already liked Debian even in the days of dpkg/dselect, but yes, when APT came along it provided a whole extra level of awesomeness that other operating systems just aren't in a position to emulate. -- JBR with qualifications in linguistics, experience as a Debian sysadmin, and probably no clue about this particular package -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org