Your message dated Mon, 18 Aug 2014 21:28:06 +0200 with message-id <20140818212806.fd90fa36b2db83f2b9bc6b7b@mailbox.org> and subject line Re: Bug#758411: d-i manual: aptitude is no longer the recommended package management tool has caused the Debian Bug report #758411, regarding d-i manual: aptitude is no longer the recommended package management tool to be marked as done. This means that you claim that the problem has been dealt with. If this is not the case it is now your responsibility to reopen the Bug report if necessary, and/or fix the problem forthwith. (NB: If you are a system administrator and have no idea what this message is talking about, this may indicate a serious mail system misconfiguration somewhere. Please contact owner@bugs.debian.org immediately.) -- 758411: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=758411 Debian Bug Tracking System Contact owner@bugs.debian.org with problems
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- Subject: d-i manual: aptitude is no longer the recommended package management tool
- From: Holger Wansing <hwansing@mailbox.org>
- Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2014 12:29:20 +0200
- Message-id: <[🔎] 20140817122920.642908b02e662b7037aa3bd8@mailbox.org>
Package: installation-guide Tags: patch Hi, IMO aptitude is no longer the recommended package management tool. AFAIK the release-notes for example now recommend apt-get (for dist-upgrades at least). Probably the following patch should be applied. Holger -- Holger Wansing <hwansing@mailbox.org>Index: en/using-d-i/modules/apt-setup.xml =================================================================== --- en/using-d-i/modules/apt-setup.xml (Revision 69238) +++ en/using-d-i/modules/apt-setup.xml (Arbeitskopie) @@ -24,8 +24,7 @@ Other front-ends for package management, like <command>aptitude</command> and <command>synaptic</command>, are also in use. These front-ends are recommended for new users, since they integrate some additional features (package searching and status checks) -in a nice user interface. In fact, <command>aptitude</command> is now the -recommended utility for package management. +in a nice user interface. </para><para>
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- To: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>, 758411-done@bugs.debian.org
- Subject: Re: Bug#758411: d-i manual: aptitude is no longer the recommended package management tool
- From: Holger Wansing <hwansing@mailbox.org>
- Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2014 21:28:06 +0200
- Message-id: <20140818212806.fd90fa36b2db83f2b9bc6b7b@mailbox.org>
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Hi, Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org> wrote: > Holger Wansing <hwansing@mailbox.org> (2014-08-17): > > IMO aptitude is no longer the recommended package management tool. > > AFAIK the release-notes for example now recommend apt-get (for > > dist-upgrades at least). > > > > Probably the following patch should be applied. > > Hello, > > I'm not sure synaptic is still the thing pulled by major desktop > environments but I agree that recommending aptitude looks wrong, > so feel free to remove that sentence. Done. Holger -- Holger Wansing <hwansing@mailbox.org>
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