Re: Testversion of synaptic 0.50 available
On Wed, 2 Jun 2004, Michael Vogt wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 01, 2004 at 05:02:31PM -0400, Adam C Powell IV wrote:
> > On Mon, 2004-05-31 at 08:33, Michael Vogt wrote:
> > > On Fri, May 28, 2004 at 09:21:19PM +0200, Ole Laursen wrote:
> > > > Michael Vogt <mvogt@acm.org> writes:
> > > > I have been wishing to use a graphical client for ages, but have grown
> > > > used to the automatic dependency management in Aptitude - so that if a
> > > > package is installed automatically to fulfill a dependency, it is also
> > > > removed automatically when it is not needed anymore. Do you support
> > > > that?
> > >
> > > No. This is a feature is planed as a long-term goal. But we don't have
> > > it yet.
> >
> > <off-topic>
> > Speaking of which, this is something which should really be standardized
> > between the various packaging front-ends. It's very annoying to have
> > built up a list of wanted packages in debfoster, then have them all
> > ignored by aptitude, and build up a new list there to have it ignored by
> > synaptic...
> >
> > As a user, I'd much appreciate having a standard place where such things
> > are stored across these different apt frontends. Thanks.
> > </off-topic>
>
> I totally agree. The problem is that apt itself does lack some
> features. That's why all front-ends come up with there own solutions.
echo package purge | dpkg --set-selections && apt-get dist-upgrade
> IMO package auto tracking belongs into apt itself. So it shouldn't
> matter if you install something via apt-get, aptitude or synaptic (or
> any other apt fronend) you always get correct tracking. The same
> should be true for various other metadata like e.g. the "new" flag and
> the "hold" flag.
>
> But this is another long-term goal and it's really a lot of work.
>
> bye,
> Michael
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Chipzz AKA
Jan Van Buggenhout
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