Re: dselect first impressions
[This should go to debian-user, not debian-devel] Dan Jacobson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Here I list my first impressions of woody's dselect. If you think > these are bugs, please file them in your name. I'm don't feel like > submitting bug reports at this time. I suppose I should try some of > the newer dselect alternatives. Anyway, [snip] Try aptitude instead of dselect; it doesn't have many of its problems. It's IMHO much better, and it is the new "standard" package managing tool. -- Aaron Isotton http://www.isotton.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: dselect first impressions
On Sat, Jun 08, 2002 at 04:24:04PM +0200, Aaron Isotton wrote: > > Here I list my first impressions of woody's dselect. If you think > > these are bugs, please file them in your name. I'm don't feel like > > submitting bug reports at this time. I suppose I should try some of > > the newer dselect alternatives. Anyway, > > [snip] > > Try aptitude instead of dselect; it doesn't have many of its > problems. It's IMHO much better, and it is the new "standard" package > managing tool. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ apt-cache show aptitude Package: aptitude Priority: optional Section: admin [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ apt-cache show dpkg Package: dpkg Essential: yes Priority: required Section: base dselect is "standard" by any reasonable definition of standard, regardless of what some people would like to think. Works fine, too. Specific problems with it should be directed to [EMAIL PROTECTED], non-specific fluff should be ignored. -- .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** | Andrew Suffield : :' : http://www.debian.org/ | Dept. of Computing, `. `' | Imperial College, `- -><- | London, UK -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: dselect first impressions
Andrew Suffield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ apt-cache show aptitude > Package: aptitude > Priority: optional > Section: admin > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ apt-cache show dpkg > Package: dpkg > Essential: yes > Priority: required > Section: base > > dselect is "standard" by any reasonable definition of standard, > regardless of what some people would like to think. Strange. Having read http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2002/debian-devel-200204/msg02366.html I thought that aptitude was the new standard. Why are you using [EMAIL PROTECTED] as Reply-To? -- Aaron Isotton http://www.isotton.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: dselect first impressions
On Sun, Jun 09, 2002 at 07:40:36PM +0200, Aaron Isotton wrote: > Andrew Suffield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > dselect is "standard" by any reasonable definition of standard, > > regardless of what some people would like to think. > > Strange. Having read > http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2002/debian-devel-200204/msg02366.html > I thought that aptitude was the new standard. "A replacement" rather than "the replacement". > Why are you using [EMAIL PROTECTED] as Reply-To? Because he's a smartarse, I'd guess. :) -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
