On Sat, 31 Oct 2015 18:49:59 +0000 Brian <a...@cityscape.co.uk> wrote:
> On Sat 31 Oct 2015 at 10:01:36 -0600, Mario Castelán Castro wrote: > > > Will Debian 9 no longer install Aptitude by default?. > > Que Sera, Sera..... . Let's stay in the present (in line with the post > which started this thread) and look at unstable. Here are two > verifiable facts: > > brian@sid:~$ dpkg --status aptitude | grep Priority > Priority: important > > Debian policy says: > > The base system consists of all those packages with priority > required or important. > > Sid "not including aptitude by default in the stock installation" > would be somewhat unusual. > When did it begin? I can't recall any stable up to squeeze that included aptitude at the base level. When I've started from the ground up, aptitude, sudo and mc are the first things I've always added to a minimal netinstall. -- Joe
