Paul Johnson wrote:
> On Wed, 2008-07-02 at 10:03 -0400, Barclay, Daniel wrote:
>> Paul Johnson wrote:
>>> On Wed, 2008-07-02 at 16:19 +1000, CaT wrote:
>>>
>>>> I believe that would be the point the original poster was getting
>> at. If
>>>> aptitude is really doing that then it is in the wrong.
>>> I understood it, but given that this is how apt has always worked
>> and is
>>> documented to work, why change it now?
>> Because it's error-prone. Because it's a poor-quality design.
>
> Might want to check yourself before you wreck yourself: The same could
> be said for your HTML-spewing MUA.
What that heck are you talking about? My message was sent in plain text, not
HTML.
And even if I had sent HTML, how the hell would that change the truth of my
statement? We're talking about Debian and improving it. My MUA has nothing
to do with that.
Daniel