Re: potato -> woody upgrade not smooth...
On Sat, Jul 14, 2001 at 11:34:25PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote:
> John Galt wrote:
> > Isn't the default Debian editor nano now for precisely that reason? Vi is
> > optional for a reason, and that same reasoning should apply to dselect if
> > there's an easier way to do it.
>
> vi has been in the base system forever. (not on the boot disks).
>
> That same reasoning _does_ apply, that's why we work on the task system.
> But nobody writes serious code with nano[1], or does serious package
> management with tasksel.
>
Agreed, dselect is much more powerfull than apt.
And once you get used to it, it's painfully simple. The keys are a bit
strange at first.
--
Nick Jennings
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